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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having a valence of two or having two valences;
[syn: bivalent, divalent]

2. used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis;
[syn: bivalent, double]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bivalent adj 1: having a valence of two or having two valences [syn: bivalent, divalent] 2: used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis [syn: bivalent, double] [ant: multivalent, univalent]