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UNIVALENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a valence of 1
Synonyms:
monovalent; univalent
Classified under:
Attribute:
valence; valency ((chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent))
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis
Example:
a univalent chromosome
Classified under:
Attribute:
valence; valency ((biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate)
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)
Antonym:
bivalent (used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis)
multivalent (used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis)
