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Univalent

Definition: Univalent

Univalent

Adjective

1. (genetics) used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis; "a univalent chromosome".

2. (chemistry) having a valence of 1.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Univalent \U*niv"a*lent\, adjective. [Uni- Latin valens, -entis, p. pr. See Valence.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definition: Univalent

DomainDefinition

Medicine

Pertaining to an unpaired chromosome during the zygotene stage of prophase to first metaphase in meiosis. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. Having a valence of one b. Having one valence; e.g., calcium, which has only a valence of tw e.g., calcium, which has only a valence of tw. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Univalent

Synonym: monovalent (adj). (additional references)
Antonyms: bivalent (adj), multivalent (adj), polyvalent (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Univalent

English words defined with "univalent": Ag, alkyl, alkyl group, alkyl radical, allyl, allyl group, allyl radical, amine, aminoalkane, argentous, arsenic group, atomic number 1, atomic number 3, atomic number 47, atomic number 79, atomic number 80, atomic number 9, Au, azido group, azido radicalbenzoyl group, benzoyl radical, benzyl, benzyl group, benzyl radicalcacodyl, cacodyl group, cacodyl radical, carboxyl, carboxyl groupdiazoniumEthenyl, ethyl, ethyl group, ethyl radicalfluorine, FormylgoldH, Hg, hydrargyrum, hydrogenli, lithiummercury, methyl, methyl group, methyl radical, Monatomic, Monobasicquicksilversilver, superoxide, superoxide anionUnivalencevinyl, vinyl group, vinyl radical. (references)
Specialty definitions using "univalent": Coombs' TestNADPH Oxidase. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Univalent" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (univalent), German (univalent).

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Commercial Usage: Univalent

DomainTitle

Books

  • Extremeum Problems for Bounded Univalent Functions II (reference)

  • Topics in Hardy Classes and Univalent Functions (reference)

  • Univalent Functions (reference)

  • Univalent Functions and Teichmuller Spaces (Grad. Texts in Math, Vol 109) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Univalent

Language Translations for "univalent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

njëvalent. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

едновалентен (monatomic). (various references)

   

Czech

  

jednomocný (monovalent). (various references)

   

Danish

  

univalent. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

éénwaardig. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

یکه (Jolt, Lone), یک ارزشی , یک بنیانی , واحد (Measure, One, Plank, Single, Unit, Unity), دارای یک ظرفیت . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

univalentti. (various references)

   

French

  

univalent. (various references)

   

German

  

einwertig (monovalent), univalent. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μονοσθενήσ (monovalent), μονοδύναμοσ. (various references)

   

Italian

  

univalente. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ivalentunay

   

Portuguese

  

univalente. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

однолистный;одновалентный. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

jednovalentan. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

univalente. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

univalent, envärd (monovalent). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kimyasal bağ yapabilen. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Univalent

Derivations

Words beginning with "univalent": univalents. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Univalent"

Words rhyming with "univalent" (pronounced 'U*niv"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)

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Anagrams: Univalent

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-n-n-t-u-v"

-2 letters: alunite, annulet, vauntie, ventail.

-3 letters: alevin, alvine, annuli, auntie, eluant, eluvia, entail, innate, invent, levant, linnet, lunate, lutein, native, tenail, tineal, tunnel, unlive, unnail, unveil, valine, veinal, venial, vineal.

-4 letters: alien, aline, alive, anent, anile, annul, anvil, elain, elint, ennui, entia, inane, inlet, laten, leant, levin, liane, linen, liven, lunet, lutea, naevi, naive.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-n-n-t-u-v"
 

+1 letter: univalents.

 

+3 letters: antediluvian, unambivalent, unventilated.

 

+4 letters: antediluvians, antievolution, intravenously, noncultivated, noncumulative, nonequivalent, nonevaluative, undeviatingly, voluntariness.

 

+5 letters: anticonvulsive, countervailing, nonequivalents, nonspeculative, unambivalently, unconventional, undervaluation, valetudinarian.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Univalent


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 6E 69 76 61 6C 65 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-    -.    ..    ...-    .-    .-..    .    -.    -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01101110 01101001 01110110 01100001 01101100 01100101 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#85 &#110 &#105 &#118 &#97 &#108 &#101 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 0069 0076 0061 006C 0065 006E 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

558075886778718086

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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