electrovalence
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electrovalency
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: valence characterized by the transfer of one or more electrons from one atom to another with the formation of ions (as in sodium chloride and other simple salts); also : the number of positive or negative charges acquired by an atom by the loss or gain of electrons —called also ionic valence —distinguished from covalence
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Origin and Etymology of electrovalence
electr- + valence, valency
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