'Bivalent' definitions:
Definition of 'bivalent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having a valence of two or having two valences [syn: bivalent, divalent]
adjective
Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis [syn: bivalent, double] [ant: multivalent, univalent]
Definition of 'Bivalent'
From: GCIDE
- Bivalent \Biv"a*lent\, a. [L. bis twice + valens, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.) Equivalent in combining or displacing power to two atoms of hydrogen; dyad. [1913 Webster]