| valency | <chemistry> See Valence. A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| auxiliary | 1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise. 2. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in), a member of the allied or subsidiary force. 3. A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs; called, also, an auxiliary verb; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will, in English; etre and avoir, in French; avere and essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish. 4. <mathematics> A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulae. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| auxiliary abutment | A tooth other than the one supporting the direct retainer, assisting in the overall support of a removable partial denture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental auxiliary | <specialist> Personnel whose work is prescribed and supervised by the dentist. (12 Dec 1998) |