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-valent

-valent suffix: having one or more valences.

Suffix

-valent

  1. Having one or more valences.
    • trivalent ions

Origin of -valent

Back-formation from valence.

Questions about -valent

What does -valent mean?
-valent means having one or more valences.
What part of speech is -valent?
-valent is a suffix.

Words near -valent in the dictionary

  1. -ussification
  2. -ussy
  3. -uzz
  4. -v-
  5. -vac
  6. -valent
  7. -vaptan
  8. -varin
  9. -vastatin
  10. -ve
  11. -verine

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