"Trivalent" is a word in ENGLISH
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.
I started to walk the day I was told I was dying of cancer. I believe walking has kept me alive. I live with a constant, pressing awareness of death. Once I start to walk, I am not afraid anymore; all is well.
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A New York City yuppie moved to the country and bought a piece of land. He went to the local feed and livestock store and talked to the proprietor about how he was going to take up chicken farming. He then asked to buy 100 chicks."That's a lot of chicks," commented the proprietor. "I mean business," the city slicker replied.A week later the yuppie was back again. "I need another 100 chicks," he said. "Boy, you are serious about this chicken farming," the man told him."Yeah," the yuppie replied. "If I can iron out a few problems." "Problems?" asked the proprietor. "Yeah," replied the yuppie, "I think I planted that last batch too close together."
The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide …
Read the complete definitionApplied to compounds of certain isomeric series in whose structure one carbon atom, at least, is connected with three other …
Read the complete definitionA colorless gaseous substance (O/) obtained (as by the silent discharge of electricity in oxygen) as an allotropic form of …
Read the complete definitionAny one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, C5H12, of the methane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, two …
Read the complete definitionA combining form (also used adjectively) denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which …
Read the complete definitionAn oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, Al2O3 is …
Read the complete definitionA sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly called …
Read the complete definitionContaining, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions …
Read the complete definitionPossessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a …
Read the complete definitionCapable of neutralizing three molecules of a monobasic acid or the equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms which may be acid …
Read the complete definitionHaving three atoms; -- said of certain elements or radicals.
Read the complete definitionCapable of neutralizing three molecules of a monacid base, or their equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by …
Read the complete definitionA chloride having three atoms of chlorine in the molecule.
Read the complete definitionContaining three atoms of chromium.
Read the complete definitionA glyceride formed by the replacement of three hydrogen atoms in glycerin by acid radicals.
Read the complete definitionA hydrocarbon, C23H48, of the methane series, resembling paraffin; -- so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carbon in …
Read the complete definitionAn oxide containing three atoms of oxygen; as, sulphur trioxide, SO3; -- formerly called tritoxide.
Read the complete definitionA sulphide containing three atoms of sulphur.
Read the complete definitionThe degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as shown by the number of atoms of hydrogen (or …
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