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Definition of Divalent
1. Adjective. Having a valence of two or having two valences.
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Partainyms: Valence, Valence
Definition of Divalent
1. a. Having two units of combining power; bivalent. Cf. Valence.
Definition of Divalent
1. Adjective. (chemistry) Having a valence of two. ¹
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Definition of Divalent
1. having a valence of two [adj]
Medical Definition of Divalent
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Divalent
Literary usage of Divalent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stereochemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1907)
"A.—ISOMERIC DERIVATIVES OF divalent PLATINUM. ... There are three chief classes
of the ammonium addition products of divalent platinum salts, ..."
2. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"divalent COMPOUNDS. The introduction of two monovalent groups into the hydrocarbons
for two hydrogen atoms produces the divalent compounds. ..."
3. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"HYDROXY-ACIDS A. SATURATED divalent MONOBASIC ACIDS These may be regarded as
derived from monobasic acids by the replacement of an atom of hydrogen (not ..."
4. A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry by George S. Newth (1903)
"In its power to satisfy the affinities of an element, a divalent atom is equal
to two monovalent atoms : thus, when the affinities of the tetravalent carbon ..."
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