Monovalent

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Monovalent \Mo*nov"a*lent\, a. [Mono- + L. valens, p. pr. See
     {Valence}.] (Chem.)
     Having a valence of one; univalent. See {Univalent}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  monovalent
       adj 1: containing only one kind of antibody [ant: {polyvalent}]
       2: having a valence of 1 [syn: {univalent}] [ant: {polyvalent}]