Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having valence 1, regardless of whether the valence is positive or negative.
  • adjective Having only one valence.
  • adjective Genetics Of or relating to a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis.
  • adjective Immunology Having only one site of attachment. Used of an antibody or antigen.
  • adjective Immunology Containing antigens from a single strain of a microorganism or virus. Used of a vaccine or serum.
  • noun A univalent chromosome.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a valence of one; capable of replacing a single hydrogen atom in combination.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) Having a valence of one; capable of combining with, or of being substituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective chemistry Having a valence of 1, or having only one valence.
  • adjective genetics Of, or relating to a chromosome that is not paired with its homologous chromosome during synapsis.
  • noun genetics Any univalent chromosome.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis
  • adjective having a valence of 1

Etymologies

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uni- + -valent

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Examples

  • This seems to imply that there couldn't be a coherent, univalent group intention that stands separate from the individuals who constitute the group.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Daniel Little 2009

  • This seems to imply that there couldn't be a coherent, univalent group intention that stands separate from the individuals who constitute the group.

    Acting as a group Daniel Little 2009

  • They are fairly light and relatively soft, at 2 to 4 on Mohs 'hardness scale for the univalent micas.

    Mica 2008

  • Attention: univalent pertussis vaccine: will remain stable for only 3 to 7 days at 37°C.

    Chapter 4 1993

  • A number of other elements are like hydrogen in being able to combine with at most one atom of other elements, and such elements are called _univalent_.

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • The elements of the group are univalent in their compounds with hydrogen and the metals.

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • Silver forms only one series of salts, being always a univalent metal.

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • In these two compounds the group of atoms, BiO, acts as a univalent metallic radical and is called _bismuthyl_.

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • The element forms two series of salts in which it acts as a metal: in the aurous series the gold is univalent, the chloride having the formula AuCl; in the auric series it is trivalent, auric chloride having the formula

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • Finally one atom of a tetravalent element such as carbon will combine with four atoms of a univalent element, as in the compound

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

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