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bivalency

bivalency is the alternative form of bivalence.

Meaning of bivalence

Noun

bivalence (countable and uncountable, plural bivalences)

  1. The state or quality of being bivalent (in any sense)
    • This holds even for principles of logic, such as bivalence.2008 January 3, Anand Vaidya, “Modal Rationalism and Modal Monism”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 2, →DOI

Forms of bivalency

pluralbivalencies

Origin of bivalency

From bi- + valency.

Questions about bivalency

What is bivalency the alternative form of?
Bivalency is the alternative form of bivalence.

Words near bivalency in the dictionary

  1. bivagotomies
  2. bivagotomy
  3. bivalence
  4. bivalences
  5. bivalencies
  6. bivalency
  7. bivalent
  8. bivalently
  9. bivalents
  10. bivalirudin
  11. bivalued

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