Definition of Trivalent

1. Adjective. Having a valence of three.

Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Partainyms: Valence

Definition of Trivalent

1. a. Having a valence of three; capable of being combined with, substituted for, or compared with, three atoms of hydrogen; -- said of triad atoms or radicals; thus, nitrogen is trivalent in ammonia.

Definition of Trivalent

1. Adjective. (inorganic chemistry) having a valence of 3 ¹

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Definition of Trivalent

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Trivalent

1. Having a valence of three. Origin: L. Valens = powerful This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trivalent

triumphs
triumvir
triumvirate
triumvirates
triumviri
triumvirs
triumviry
triune
triunes
triungulin
triungulins
triungulus
triunities
triunity
trivalence
trivalent (current term)
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trivalently
trivalve
trivalves
trivalvular
trivariate
triverbal
triverbial
trivet
trivets
trivia
trivial
trivial absolute value
trivial functional dependency

Literary usage of Trivalent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1904)
"Ever since the hypothesis of Hantzsch and Werner was proposed to explain isomerism of the oximes and allied compounds the problem as to whether trivalent ..."

2. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"The trivalent compounds are derived from the hydrocarbons in the same manner as the ... When three hydroxyl groups are introduced trivalent (trihy- dric) ..."

3. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1904)
"SEPARATION OF THE BIVALENT FROM THE trivalent METALS OF THE AMMONIUM SULPHIDE GROUP. ... The trivalent metals are strongly decomposed hydrolytically: ..."

4. Principles of Theoretical Chemistry: With Special Reference to the by Ira Remsen (1883)
"... ground whatever for making this assumption, and which, nevertheless, show plainly that one and the same element may be at one time trivalent at another ..."

5. Proceedings of the Workshop on Long-lived Radionuclide Chemistry in Nuclear by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (1998)
"The solvent extraction of trivalent actinides and lanthanides from aqueous 1 M ... This is in contrast to Cyanex 301, which extracts trivalent actinides ..."

6. Modern Theories of Chemistry by Lothar Meyer (1888)
"Strange to say, all the compounds of trivalent with monovalent elements, the molecular weights of which have been determined by Avogadro's law, contain only ..."

7. The Arrangement of Atoms in Space by Jacobus Henricus Hoff, Alfred Werner (1898)
"To begin with that which is simplest, let us in the first place consider the compounds of trivalent nitrogen. I. trivalent NITROGEN A. trivalent NITROGEN ..."

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