quadrivalent
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwɒdrɪˈveɪlənt/
Adjective
quadrivalent (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Having a valence of four
- (of a vaccine) Protecting against four different (usually flu) viruses.
- (graph theory) Said of a graph: that all of its vertices have degree four.
- 2020 January 3, Wikipedia contributors, “Knot (mathematics)”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:
- In graph theory terms, a regular projection of a knot, or knot diagram is thus a quadrivalent planar graph with over/under-decorated vertices.
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Synonyms
- tetravalent
See also
- bivalent
- trivalent
- quinquivalent
Noun
quadrivalent (plural quadrivalents)
- (genetics) Any quadrivalent chromosome
French
Etymology
quadri- + -valent
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwa.dʁi.va.lɑ̃/, /ka.dʁi.va.lɑ̃/
Audio (file)
Adjective
quadrivalent (feminine quadrivalente, masculine plural quadrivalents, feminine plural quadrivalentes)
- quadrivalent (all senses)
Further reading
- “quadrivalent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.