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octavalent

octavalent


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Octavalent  \Oc*tav"a*lent\,  a.  [Octa-  +  L.  valens  p.  pr  See 
  {Valence}.]  (Chem.) 
  Having  a  valence  of  eight  capable  of  being  combined  with 
  exchanged  for  or  compared  with  eight  atoms  of  hydrogen;  -- 
  said  of  certain  atoms  or  radicals.