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The Clue

Element's degree of combining power (7 letter answer)

The Answer

VALENCE

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Notes

The answer VALENCE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.

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Definition

VALENCE as a noun:

1. (valence, valency) = (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
2. (valence, valency) = (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)