'Univalent' definitions:

Definition of 'univalent'

From: WordNet
adjective
Used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis; "a univalent chromosome" [ant: bivalent, double, multivalent]
adjective
Having a valence of 1 [syn: monovalent, univalent] [ant: multivalent, polyvalent]

Definition of 'Univalent'

From: GCIDE
  • Univalent \U*niv"a*lent\, a. [Uni- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. See Valence.] (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. [1913 Webster]

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