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Trivalent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Having valence 3.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. having a valence of 3

n. Any trivalent chromosome.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having a valence of three; capable of being combined with, substituted for, or compared with, three atoms of hydrogen; -- said of triad atoms or radicals; thus, nitrogen is trivalent in ammonia.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

In chem., equivalent in combining or displacing power to three monad atoms; triadic: applied to an element or a radical. Also triatomic.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. having a valence of three

Word Usage

"A review of 31 studies published over four decades found that the most widely used seasonal flu vaccine, known as trivalent inactivated vaccine, was only 59 per cent effective in healthy adults."

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