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trivalent

/traɪˈveɪlənt/

trivalent adjective: having a valence of three.

Adjective

trivalent (not comparable)

  1. Having a valence of three.
  2. Protecting against three different (usually flu) viruses.

Noun

trivalent (plural trivalents)

  1. Any trivalent chromosome

trivalent meaning in Tamil and Bengali

trivalent in Tamil

மூவிணைதிறன்

trivalent in Bengali

তিন যোজ্যতা বিশিষ্ট

Forms of trivalent

pluraltrivalents

Origin of trivalent

From tri- + -valent.

Words formed from trivalent

Questions about trivalent

What does trivalent mean?
Trivalent means having a valence of three.
What is trivalent in Tamil?
Trivalent in Tamil is மூவிணைதிறன். See Trivalent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trivalent?
Trivalent can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce trivalent?
Trivalent is pronounced /traɪˈveɪlənt/.

Words near trivalent in the dictionary

  1. triuridaceous
  2. trivacancies
  3. trivacancy
  4. trivalence
  5. trivalency
  6. trivalent
  7. trivalently
  8. trivalents
  9. trivalued
  10. trivalvar
  11. trivalve

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trivalent (page history and authors); trivalent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trivalent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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