What specific name is given to 'the number of hydrogen atoms that can combine with or be displaced by one atom of an element'? Is this a modern definition?

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'The number of hydrogen atoms that can combine with or be displaced by one atom of an element' is known as the valency of an atom. No, this is not a modern definition.

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