"univalent" meaning in English

See univalent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌjuːnɪˈveɪlənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /juːˈnɪvələnt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-univalent.wav
Etymology: From uni- + -valent. Etymology templates: {{af|en|uni-|-valent}} uni- + -valent Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} univalent (not comparable)
  1. (chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 1, or having only one valence. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: monovalent Translations (having an atomic valence of 1): jednomocný (Czech), jednowartościowy (Polish), univalente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-univalent-en-adj-i8qij248 Categories (other): Chemistry, English terms prefixed with uni-, English terms suffixed with -valent Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with uni-: 16 17 22 23 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -valent: 24 17 16 27 16 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'having an atomic valence of 1': 56 38 3 4
  2. (medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 1. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-univalent-en-adj-AxbA2qSE Categories (other): Medicine, English terms prefixed with uni-, English terms suffixed with -valent Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with uni-: 16 17 22 23 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -valent: 24 17 16 27 16 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (genetics) Of, or relating to, a chromosome that is not paired with its homologous chromosome during synapsis. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-univalent-en-adj-h4ebYu5D Categories (other): Genetics, English terms prefixed with uni-, English terms suffixed with -valent Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with uni-: 16 17 22 23 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -valent: 24 17 16 27 16 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  4. (complex analysis, of a (holomorphic) function) (Holomorphic and) injective. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: schlicht, simple
    Sense id: en-univalent-en-adj-FQc767Wq Categories (other): Complex analysis, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with uni-, English terms suffixed with -valent, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 6 19 40 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with uni-: 16 17 22 23 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -valent: 24 17 16 27 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 10 10 56 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 10 10 12 54 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 13 16 37 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 10 11 12 52 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 11 11 53 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 9 11 57 14 Topics: complex-analysis, mathematics, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˌjuːnɪˈveɪlənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /juːˈnɪvələnt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-univalent.wav Forms: univalents [plural]
Etymology: From uni- + -valent. Etymology templates: {{af|en|uni-|-valent}} uni- + -valent Head templates: {{en-noun}} univalent (plural univalents)
  1. (genetics) Any univalent chromosome.
    Sense id: en-univalent-en-noun-FXyXwQtF Categories (other): Genetics, English terms prefixed with uni-, English terms suffixed with -valent Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with uni-: 16 17 22 23 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -valent: 24 17 16 27 16 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (a681f8a and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.