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PENTAVALENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a valence of five
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Pertainym:
valence ((chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent))
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