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univalence

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[yoo-nuh-vey-luhns, yoo-niv-uh-] / ˌju nəˈveɪ ləns, juˈnɪv ə- /
Sometimes univalency

noun

Chemistry.
  1. the quality of being univalent.


Etymology

Origin of univalence

uni- + valence

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A mechanism called univalence would allow mathematicians to use each other’s work even if they had different approaches to the same underlying concepts. 

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