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Use this tag for questions about the concept or meaning of valence. This should not be applied to question that merely mention the concept.
According to the gold book, https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.V06588:
The maximum number of univalent atoms (originally hydrogen or chlorine atoms) that may combine with an atom of the element under consideration, or with a fragment, or for which an atom of this element can be substituted.