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quadrivalent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /kwɒdrɪˈveɪlənt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri- English -valent English quadrivalent From quadri- + -valent.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having a valence of four.
  2. (not-comparable, of a vaccine) Protecting against four different (usually influenza) viruses.
  3. (not-comparable) Having all of its vertices of degree four.
    • In graph theory terms, a regular projection of a knot, or knot diagram is thus a quadrivalent planar graph with over/under-decorated vertices. 2020 January 3, Wikipedia contributors, “Knot (mathematics)”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:

Deriveds

quadrivalently

Relateds

quinquivalent · trivalent · bivalent

Synonyms

tetravalent

quadrivalent en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kwɒdrɪˈveɪlənt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri- English -valent English quadrivalent From quadri- + -valent.

Meanings

  1. Any quadrivalent chromosome

Forms

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