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diátesis — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • valence noun In chemistry, the combining power of an atom, measured by the number of chemical bonds it can form or the number of electrons it gains, loses or shares.

Senses

diátesis is used for these senses in English:

  • valence (countable, linguistics) The number of arguments that a verb can have, including its subject, ranging from zero to three or, less commonly, four.

valence — full definition

  1. noun In chemistry, the combining power of an atom, measured by the number of chemical bonds it can form or the number of electrons it gains, loses or shares.
  2. noun In psychology, the intrinsic attractiveness or unpleasantness of something, treated as a value on a scale from positive to negative.
  3. noun In linguistics, the number and type of arguments a verb requires, such as a subject alone or a subject and two objects.

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