Quadrivalent

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

  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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