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BIVALENT

\ba͡ɪvˈe͡ɪlənt], \ba‍ɪvˈe‍ɪlənt], \b_aɪ_v_ˈeɪ_l_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of BIVALENT

2011 - English Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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(chemistry) having a valence of two or having two valences

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Having a combining power equal to two atoms of hydrogen.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

A double chromosome.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Having a valency of two.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn.: divalent. Being capable of replacing two atoms of hydrogen in a compound. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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