| Pronunciation: | | `yoonu'veylunt
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [adj] (chemistry) having a valence of 1
- [adj] (genetics) used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis; "a univalent chromosome"
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UNIVALENT is a 9 letter word that starts with U. |
| | Synonyms: | | monovalent |
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| | Antonyms: | | bivalent, double, multivalent, polyvalent |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \U*niv"a*lent\, a. [Uni- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr.
See {Valence}.] (Chem.)
Having a valence of one; capable of combining with, or of
being substituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; --
said of certain atoms and radicals.
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