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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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