Bivalent (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. Chemistry.
    • having a valence of two.
    • having two valences, as aluminum with valences of two and three.
  2. pertaining to associations of two homologous chromosomes.
noun
  1. a pair of bivalent chromosomes, especially when pairing during meiosis.
adjective
  1. chem another word for divalent
  2. (of homologous chromosomes) associated together in pairs
noun
  1. a structure formed during meiosis consisting of two homologous chromosomes associated together
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