Divalent

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  • adjective. Having a valence of 2.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Having two sites of attachment. Used of an antibody or antigen.
  • adjective. Containing antigens from two strains of a microorganism or virus. Used of a vaccine or serum.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In chem., having power to combine with two monovalent atoms. Thus, the oxygen atom and the radical CH2 are divalent.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having two units of combining power; bivalent. Cf. valence.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having a valence of two.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having a valence of two or having two valences