tetravalent in English

adjective
1
having a valence of four.
In 1857, he suggested that the carbon atom was tetravalent , that is, it could bond with four other atoms.

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1. 15 In drug industry parlance it must be tetravalent.

2. Carbonic definition, containing tetravalent carbon, as Carbonic acid, H2CO3

3. The common bi, tri, or tetravalent mental oxides didnt show significant effect on the stability.

4. Trivalent actinides do not form fluoride coordination compounds, whereas tetravalent thorium forms K2ThF6, KThF5, and even K5ThF9 complexes.

5. In the acceptor element, the number of tetravalent acceptor element atoms is at least 1×1017 atoms/g.

6. The main meiotic chromosomal aberration of PMC are multipolar division, loose pairing, inversion, tetravalent, interlocking chromosome, unequal segregation, straggling chromosome, bridge and laggards.

7. The reduction is likely to occur on active sites created by the tetravalent Mn4+ ions. These ions act as acceptors of electrons from the solid and as donors to the adsorbed-oxygen molecules or atoms.