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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trivalent \Triv"a*lent\, a. [Pref. tri- + L. valens -entis, p.
pr See {Valence}.] (Chem.)
Having a valence of three capable of being combined with
substituted for or compared with three atoms of hydrogen;
-- said of triad atoms or radicals; thus nitrogen is
trivalent in ammonia.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
trivalent
adj : (chemistry) having a valence of three
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