Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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bivalent | No | Yes | No | No |
valency | Yes | No | No | No |
bivalent (noun) | valency (noun) |
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(chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) | |
(biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate | |
the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds |
bivalent (adjective) | valency (adjective) |
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used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis | |
having a valence of two or having two valences |