monovalencen.
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= monovalency n.
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monatomism1854
monovalence1890
1890 Cent. Dict. Monovalence, the character of being monovalent.
1895 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 186 237 It would form a possible transition to potassium, with its monovalence.
1933 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 140 295 The distinction between the results for lithium and beryllium appears as a consequence of their respective monovalence and divalence.
1984 Toxicon 21 739 Some characteristics of the antivenins are specified, such as polyvalence or monovalence, animal source, etc.
1994 Jrnl. Histochem. & Cytochem. 42 433 The monovalence of the F(ab) fragment eliminates the possibility of its linking the primary antibody from the second step.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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