'Pentavalent' definitions:
Definition of 'pentavalent'
adjective
Having a valence of five
Definition of 'Pentavalent'
- Pentavalent \Pen*tav"a*lent\, a. [Penta- + L. valens, p. pr. See
Valence.] (Chem.)
Having a valence of five; -- said of certain atoms and
radicals.
[1913 Webster]