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TETRAVALENT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does tetravalent mean?

• TETRAVALENT (adjective)
The adjective TETRAVALENT has 1 sense:

1. haveing a valence of four

Familiarity information: TETRAVALENT used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TETRAVALENT (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Haveing a valence of four

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Pertainym:

valence ((chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent))

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