Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bivalent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bivalent \Biv"a*lent\, a. [L. bis twice + valens, p. pr. See
{Valence}.] (Chem.)
Equivalent in combining or displacing power to two atoms of
hydrogen; dyad.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bivalent
adj 1: (chemistry) having a valence of two or having two valences
[syn: {divalent}]
2: (genetics) used of homologous chromosomes associated in
pairs in synapsis [syn: {double}] [ant: {multivalent}, {univalent}]
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