bivalent
pronunciation
How to pronounce bivalent in British English:
UK [baɪ'veɪlənt]
How to pronounce bivalent in American English:
US [baɪ'veɪlənt]
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- Adjective:
- having a valence of two or having two valences
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
Word Origin
- bivalent (adj.)
- 1864, of chemicals, 1899, of chromosomes, from bi- + -valent, from Latin valentem, present participle of valere "be worth" (see valiant).
Example
- 1. Relating to compounds in which silver is bivalent .
- 2. A strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element .
- 3. Breeding transgenic potato with bivalent peptide antibiotic genes .
- 4. Of or containing bivalent nickel , ni2 + .
- 5. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group .