univalent
Americanadjective
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Chemistry. having a valence of one; monovalent.
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Genetics. (of a chromosome) single; unpaired; not possessing or joining its homologous chromosome in synapsis.
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(of a chromosome during meiosis) not paired with its homologue
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chem another word for monovalent
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The system, which he named univalent foundations, was the main topic of study at the Institute for Advanced Study for a year, in 2012–13.
From Nature
Me, I was always just Hazel, univalent Hazel.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
Thus chlorine and the rest of the halogens, the atoms of which combine with one atom of hydrogen, are called univalent, oxygen a bivalent element, and so on.—ED.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien
Monoxide, mo-nok′sīd, n. an oxide containing a single oxygen atom in combination with two univalent atoms or one bivalent atom.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
As will be shown later in the chapter, the group NH4 in this compound acts as a univalent radical and is known as ammonium.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
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