divalent
Americanadjective
adjective
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having a valency of two
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having two valencies
Other Word Forms
- divalence noun
- divalency noun
Etymology
Origin of divalent
Example Sentences
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The researchers replaced the divalent copper in Egyptian blue with divalent chromium, leading to durable, reddish magenta pigments.
From Science Daily
They are made of an A+ cation, a B2+ divalent cation, and an X- halide.
From Science Daily
An analysis showed that heavy divalent cations, like magnesium, bound to the latex particle membranes weighed down the particles -- until the connection eventually collapsed.
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Admittedly there was no evidence that Rosy’s samples contained any divalent ions, and so we might be sticking our necks out.
From Literature
The adjective monovalent, divalent, trivalent, etc., is prefixed to an element to denote that the atom of this element combines with one, or two, or three, etc., atoms of hydrogen to form a compound molecule.
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