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BIVALENT
Definition of BIVALENT
adjective
Having a valence of 2; having two ligands.
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Other senses
BIVALENT carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Relating to or being a pair of homologous, side-by-side chromosomes, especially during meiosis; double.
adjective
Divalent.
In chem., applied to an element an atom of which can replace two atoms of hydrogen or other univalent element, or to a radical which has the same valence as a bivalent atom.
In cytology, having double as distinguished from single (univalent) chromosomes in the oöcytes and spermatocytes, as in one of the varieties of the roundworm of the horse (Ascaris megalocephala).
Where it comes from
From bi- + -valent. Compare ambivalent.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BIVALENT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BIVALENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 206 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BIVALENT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABEILNTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of BIVALENT. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start BIVALE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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