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Definition of Quadrivalent
1. a. Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.
Definition of Quadrivalent
1. Adjective. (chemistry) Having a valence of four. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quadrivalent
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Quadrivalent
1. Describes an association of four homologous chromosomes at meiosis. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadrivalent
Literary usage of Quadrivalent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1873)
"Compounds of Alcohol-radicals with Bivalent and quadrivalent ... &c ; those which
contain quadrivalent metals, like tin, are saturated or ..."
2. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1869)
"Compounds of Alcohol-radicals with Bivalent and quadrivalent Metals and Metalloid«.
The bodies of this group which contain bivalent elements, such ts line, ..."
3. Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1920)
"... have not been successful, the tetra-aryl compounds being obtained instead. C.
DIVALENT AND quadrivalent NITROGEN 1. The Tetra-aryl-hydrazines and their ..."
4. The New Text-book of Chemistry: For Use in High Schools and Academies by Le Roy Clark Cooley (1881)
"THE quadrivalent NON-METALS. I. — SILICON. 157. The Element. — Silicon is a solid
substance, sometimes obtained as a brown powder, sometimes as crystals ..."
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