Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bivalence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bi-va-lence
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being bivalent (in any sense)

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This holds even for principles of logic, such as bivalence."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English valence English bivalence From bi- + valence.

Usage

Inflected Forms

bivalences (plural)

Questions

What does bivalence mean?: The state or quality of being bivalent (in any sense)
Where does bivalence come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English valence English bivalence From bi- + valence.

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