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quadrivalent |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quadrivalent \Quad*riv"a*lent\, a. [Quadri- + L. valens -entis, p. pr See {Valence}.] (Chem.) Having a valence of four capable of combining with being replaced by or compared with four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.
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