Bivalent

Definitions: Bivalent

Bivalent

Adjective

1. (chemistry) having a valence of two or having two valences.

2. (genetics) used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis.

Etymology: Bivalent \Biv"a*lent\, adjective. [Latin expression bis twice valens, p. pr. See Valence.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Finance	A legal document binding an underwriting group into a syndicate. Source: European Union. (references)
Medicine	Pertaining to a group of 2 homologous or partly homologous chromosomes during the zygotene stage of prophase to the first metaphase in meiosis. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. Having a valence of 2 b. Having two valences; e.g., cobalt has two forms, with valences of 2 and3, respectively e.g., cobalt has two forms, with valences of 2 and3, respectively. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Bivalent

Synonyms: divalent (adj), double (adj). (additional references)

Antonyms: multivalent (adj), univalent (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Bivalent

English words defined with "bivalent": alkaline earth, alkaline-earth metal, argentic, atomic number 12, atomic number 27, atomic number 4, atomic number 48, atomic number 63, atomic number 8, atomic number 80, azo group, azo radical ♦ Be, beryllium, Bivalency ♦ cadmium, carbonyl group, cd, CO, cobalt ♦ Eu, europium ♦ glucinium ♦ Hg, hydrargyrum, hydrazo group, hydrazo radical ♦ magnesium, mercury, methylene, methylene group, methylene radical, mg ♦ O, oxygen ♦ quicksilver ♦ uranyl, uranyl group, uranyl radical. (references)

Specialty definitions using "bivalent": Immunologic Capping ♦ Metallothionein. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Bivalent" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (bivalent), German (bivalent, two-condition), Swedish (bivalent).

"Bivalent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Bivalent" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	88.89%	8	124,375
Noun (proper)	11.11%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	9	N/A

Language		Translations for "bivalent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		dyvalent (divalent). (various references)

Arabic		‏ثنائي التكافؤ. (various references)

Bulgarian		бивалентен (divalent), двувалентен (diatonic, divalent, secondary). (various references)

Chinese		二价. (various references)

Czech		bivalentní (dyad). (various references)

Danish		bivalent. (various references)

Dutch		bivalentie, bivalent, tweewaardig. (various references)

Finnish		bivalentti, biovalenttinen, biovalentti. (various references)

French		bivalent. (various references)

German		zweiwertig (two-valued), Bivalent (two-condition). (various references)

Greek		ζεύγος ομολόγων χρωμοσωμάτων, δισθενήσ (disthene, divalent), δισθενής (disthene, kyanite), διατομικόσ (intersectional). (various references)

Hebrew		�"ו ערכי (ambivalent). (various references)

Hungarian		két vegyértékû (diatonic, divalent). (various references)

Italian		bivalente (divalent). (various references)

Korean		이가. (various references)

Manx		pickagh (asphaltic, pitchy, saving). (various references)

Pig Latin		ivalentbay

Portuguese		bivalente (divan). (various references)

Russian		двухвалентный (divalent). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bivalentan (divalent). (various references)

Spanish		bivalente (divalent). (various references)

Swedish		bivalent. (various references)

Turkish		iki değerli (divalent). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bivalent": bivalents. (additional references)
	Words ending with "bivalent": ambivalent, unambivalent. (additional references)
	Words containing "bivalent": ambivalently, unambivalently. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Bivalent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abivalent, Bioalert. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "bivalent" (pronounced 'Biv"a*lent'): Acidulent, Attollent, Benevolent, Cinerulent, Convellent, Corpulent, Dedolent, Divalent, Divellent, Diversivolent, Dolent, Equipollent, Equivalent, Feculent, flatulent, Florulent, fraudulent, Frustulent, Glent, Graveolent, Heptavalent, Hexavalent, indolent, Inopulent, insolent, Interrepellent, Intranscalent, Jack-a-lent, luculent, Lutulent, Macilent, malevolent, Maltalent, monovalent, Mucopurulent, Muculent, Multivalent, Octavalent, Olent, Omniprevalent, Opulent, Pentavalent, Pestilent, Poculent, Polyvalent, Potulent, Precellent, Prevalent, Puberulent, Pulverulent. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-l-n-t-v"
	-1 letter: ventail.
	-2 letters: albeit, albite, alevin, alvine, binate, blivet, entail, levant, native, tenail, tineal, valine, veinal, venial, viable, vineal.
	-3 letters: alien, aline, alive, anile, anvil, binal, blain, blate, bleat, blent, blite, elain, elint, entia, inlet, laten, leant, levin, liane, liven, naevi, naive, navel, nival, table, telia, tenia, tinea, valet, venal, vinal, vitae, vital.
	-4 letters: abet.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-l-n-t-v"
	+1 letter: bivalents.
	+2 letters: ambivalent, inevitable, inevitably, investable.
	+3 letters: subinterval, vinblastine.
	+4 letters: ambivalently, subintervals, unambivalent, uncultivable, venerability, vinblastines.
	+5 letters: inevitability, inviabilities, observational, substantively, verbalization, veritableness, vibrationless, vulnerability.
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