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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
Sense 1
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))
Context examples
A tetravalent bispecific antibody directed against human CD30 and the human low affinity IgG Fc region receptor (FCGR3A; CD16A), with potential immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities.
(Anti-CD30/CD16A Monoclonal Antibody AFM13, NCI Thesaurus)
A nonmetalic tetravalent element with symbol C, atomic number 6, and atomic weight 12.
(Carbon, NCI Thesaurus)
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