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Definition: Trivalent |
TrivalentAdjective1. (chemistry) having a valence of three. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Trivalent \Triv"a*lent\, adjective. [Prefix tri- Latin valens, -entis, p. pr. See Valence.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | Atom having three valence electrons. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | Having a valence of three. (references) |
Medicine | Pertaining to a group of 3 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 3 b. Having three valences; e.g., chromium, which has valences of 2, 3, and6. Syn:tervalent e.g., chromium, which has valences of 2, 3, and6. Syn:tervalent. (references) |
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Crosswords: Trivalent |
| English words defined with "trivalent": arsenious, atomic number 21, atomic number 27, atomic number 31, atomic number 5, atomic number 59, atomic number 60, atomic number 63, atomic number 64, atomic number 66, atomic number 67, atomic number 68, atomic number 71, atomic number 83 ♦ B, Bi, bismuth, boron ♦ CO, cobalt ♦ Dy, dysprosium ♦ Er, erbium, Ethenyl, Eu, europium ♦ Ga, gadolinium, gallium, Gd, glyceryl ♦ Ho, holmium ♦ Lu, lutecium, lutetium ♦ Nd, neodymium ♦ Pr, praseodymium ♦ Sc, scandium ♦ Triatomic, Trivalence. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "trivalent": Antimony Sodium Gluconate ♦ dioctahedral ♦ Ferric Compounds ♦ trioctahedral. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Trivalent" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (trivalent), French (trivalent), German (trivalent). |
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| "Trivalent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Trivalent" is used about 3 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) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "trivalent": trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
trivalent | 6 |
chromium trivalent | 4 |
chrome trivalent | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "trivalent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ثلاثي التكافئ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 三价. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | TU (afterload, filmcoated, first barrier, firstpass, hypouricaemia, irregular heartbeat, lack of uric acid in the blood, lipophilic, liquifilm, locoregional, morphinomimetic, oncotic, simulating effects of morphine, soporific, subcapsular, swelling related, syphilitis-related, thin liquid layer of coating, torsade de pointes, vagolytic, with a valence of three, with an affinity for fat), trivalent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | trivalent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | trivalentti, kolmiarvoinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | trivalent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | dreiwertig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τρισθενές, τρισθενήσ, τρισθενής, τριδύναμοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | háromvegyértékű. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trivalente. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 3가. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ivalenttray trivalente. (various references) трехвалентный. (various references) trivalente. (various references) trivalent, trevärd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Trivalent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: revalent, Tregalan, Trevallyn, Trevillet, Triveneto, trivvelin, trouverent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "trivalent" (pronounced 'Triv"a*lent'): Acidulent, Attollent, Benevolent, Bivalent, Cinerulent, Convellent, Corpulent, Dedolent, flatulent, Florulent, fraudulent, Frustulent, Glent, indolent, insolent, luculent, Lutulent, Macilent, malevolent, Maltalent, monovalent, Mucopurulent, Muculent, Multivalent, Octavalent, Olent, Omniprevalent, Opulent, Pentavalent, Pestilent, Poculent, Polyvalent, Potulent, Precellent, Prevalent, Puberulent, Pulverulent, Purulent, Quadrivalent, Quantivalent, Quinquivalent, redolent, Revellent, Rorulent, Sanguinolent, Sexavalent, Sexivalent, Slent, somnolent, Superexcellent. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-n-r-t-t-v" | |
-1 letter: interval. | |
-2 letters: intreat, iterant, latrine, nattier, nitrate, ratline, ravelin, reliant, retinal, tertial, tertian, trenail, ventail, ventral. | |
-3 letters: alevin, aliner, alvine, antler, attire, entail, invert, larine, latent, latten, latter, lattin, learnt, levant, linear, linter, litten, litter, nailer, naiver, native, natter, ratine, ratite, ratlin, ratten, rattle, ravine, renail, rental, retail, retain, retial, retina, retint, tailer. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-n-r-t-t-v" | |
+1 letter: ventilator. | |
+2 letters: alternative, translative, ventilators, ventilatory. | |
+3 letters: alternatives, infiltrative, inveterately, transitively, ultraviolent. | |
+4 letters: alternatively, contrastively, inadvertently, interactively, interpolative, recultivating, terminatively. | |
+5 letters: antireflective, hyperventilate, intervalometer, intervertebral, intransitively, preventability, revitalization, ultrasensitive, unattractively. | |
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