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Webster 1913 Edition
Univalent
U-niv′a-lent
,Adj.
(Chem.)
Having a valence of one; capable of combining with, or of being substituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; – said of certain atoms and radicals.
Definition 2024
univalent
univalent
English
Adjective
univalent (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Having a valence of 1, or having only one valence.
- (genetics) Of, or relating to, a chromosome that is not paired with its homologous chromosome during synapsis.
- (complex analysis, of a (holomorphic) function) (Holomorphic and) injective.
Synonyms
- (chemistry): monovalent
- (complex analysis): schlicht, simple
Noun
univalent (plural univalents)
- (genetics) Any univalent chromosome.