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and valency (plural valencies) traces back to 1425, meaning "extract, preparation", from Latin valentia "strength, capacity", from the earlier valor "worth, value", and the chemical meaning referring to the "combining power of an element" is recorded from 1884, from German Valenz.350pxThe concept of valence was developed in the second half of the 19th century and helped successfully explain the molecular structure

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