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bivalent

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

bi=va=lent

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective bivalent has 2 senses

bivalent(a = adj.pert) divalent - having a valence of two or having two valences; Array
bivalent(a = adj.all) double - used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis; Array

Antonyms: multivalent, univalent

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CIDE DICTIONARY

bivalent, a. [L. bis twice + valens, p. pr. See Valence.].

Equivalent in combining or displacing power to two atoms of hydrogen; dyad. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

bivalent, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 Chem. having a valency of two.
2 Biol. (of homologous chromosomes) associated in pairs.
--n. Biol. any pair of homologous chromosomes.

Derivative

bivalency n.

Etymology

BI- + valent- pres. part. stem formed as VALENCE(1)

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