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PRONUNCIATION OF TETRAVALENT

tetravalent  [ˌtɛtrəˈveɪlənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TETRAVALENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tetravalent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TETRAVALENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tetravalence

In chemistry, a tetravalence is the state of an atom with four electrons available for covalent chemical bonding in its valence. An example is methane: the tetravalent carbon atom forms a covalent bond with four hydrogen atoms. The carbon atom is called tetravalent because it forms 4 covalent bonds. A carbon atom has a total of six electrons occupying the first two shells, i.e., the K-shell has two electrons and the L-shell has four electrons. This distribution indicates that in the outermost shell there are one completely filled 's' orbital and two half-filled 'p' orbitals, showing carbon to be a divalent atom. But in actuality, carbon displays tetravalency in the combined state. Therefore, a carbon atom has four valence electrons. It could gain four electrons to form the C4- anion or lose four electrons to form the C4+ cation. Both these conditions would take carbon far away from achieving stability by the octet rule. To overcome this problem carbon undergoes bonding by sharing its valence electrons. This allows it to be covalently bonded to one, two, three or four carbon atoms or atoms of other elements or groups of atoms.

Definition of tetravalent in the English dictionary

The definition of tetravalent in the dictionary is having a valency of four. Other definition of tetravalent is Also: quadrivalent. having four valencies.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TETRAVALENT


bivalent
baɪˈveɪlənt
covalent
kəʊˈveɪlənt
divalent
daɪˈveɪlənt
electrovalent
ɪˌlektrəʊˈveɪlənt
hexavalent
ˌhɛksəˈveɪlənt
monovalent
ˌmɒnəʊˈveɪlənt
multivalent
ˌmʌltɪˈveɪlənt
octavalent
ˌɒktəˈveɪlənt
pentavalent
ˌpɛntəˈveɪlənt
polyvalent
ˌpɒlɪˈveɪlənt
quadrivalent
ˌkwɒdrɪˈveɪlənt
quinquevalent
ˌkwɪŋkwɪˈveɪlənt
quinquivalent
ˌkwɪŋkwɪˈveɪlənt
septavalent
ˌsɛptəˈveɪlənt
septivalent
ˌsɛptɪˈveɪlənt
sexavalent
ˌseksɪˈveɪlənt
surveillant
sɜːˈveɪlənt
tervalent
tɜːˈveɪlənt
trivalent
traɪˈveɪlənt
univalent
ˌjuːnɪˈveɪlənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TETRAVALENT

tetrasemic
tetrasporangium
tetraspore
tetrasporic
tetrasporous
tetrastich
tetrastichal
tetrastichic
tetrastichous
tetrastyle
tetrasyllabic
tetrasyllabical
tetrasyllable
tetratheism
tetrathlon
tetratomic
tetravalence
tetravalency
tetraxon
tetrazolium

WORDS THAT END LIKE TETRAVALENT

ambivalent
dose equivalent
electrochemical equivalent
equivalent
ewe equivalent
excellent
fraudulent
gram equivalent
heptavalent
lent
maltalent
nonequivalent
prevalent
quantivalent
sexvalent
silent
talent
transcalent
unambivalent
violent

Synonyms and antonyms of tetravalent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tetravalent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TETRAVALENT

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Translator English - Chinese

四价
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tetravalente
570 millions of speakers

English

tetravalent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tetravalent
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رباعي التكافؤ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

четырехвалентного
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tetravalente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tetravalent
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tétravalent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tetravalent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tetravalenten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

四価
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tetravalent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tetravalent
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tetravalent
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चपळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dört değerli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tetravalente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czterowartościowych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чотирьохвалентного
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tetravalent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τετρασθενών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Tetravalente
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fyrvärt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tetravalent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tetravalent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TETRAVALENT»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tetravalent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TETRAVALENT»

Discover the use of tetravalent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tetravalent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Electronic Devices: Systems and Applications
Introducing selected impurities into the crystal structure of intrinsic semiconductor materials is called doping. Doping a tetravalent material with a pentavalent material introduces donor atoms in the structure that donate relatively free electrons.
Robert Diffenderfer, 2005
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Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths
The six oxygen-coordinated Tb(1) and Pr(1) are obviously tetravalent. Note that the trivalent to tetravalent transition takes place in seven oxygen-coordinated Pr( 2) and Tb(2) atoms. The critical R-0 lengths below which the localised 4f electron  ...
Karl A. Gschneidner, LeRoy Eyring, 2000
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Inorganic Chemistry
The tetravalent state is known for the actinides Th to Cf (9 elements). The ions M4+ occur more frequently for actinides than for the homologous lanthanides ( only Ce4+, Pr4+, Nd4+, Tb4+ and Dy4+ are known in compounds, and Ce4* also in ...
Egon Wiberg, Nils Wiberg, 2001
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Organosilicon Chemistry I: From Molecules to Materials
N. Auner, J. Weis Tetravalent silicon is the only structural feature in all silicon sources in nature, e. g. the silicates and silica; even elemental silicon exhibits tetravalency. Tetravalent silicon is considered to be an analogon to its group 14 ...
Norbert Auner, Johann Weis, 2011
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Mechatronics: Principles and Applications
The bonds of a tetravalent material are actually three-dimensional thus forming a tetrahedral lattice (a cubic crystal). Silicon is most often used as the semiconductor material as it is more abundant than alternatives such as germanium. A single ...
Godfrey Onwubolu, 2005
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Synthesis of Lanthanide and Actinide Compounds
FLUORIDES WITH TETRAVALENT LANTHANIDES 59 5.1. Cerium Tetraf luoride, CeF4 60 5.2. Terbium Tetraf luoride, TbF4 60 5.3. Praseodymium Tetraf luoride, RF, 60 6. COMPLEX FLUORIDES WITH TETRAVALENT LANTHANIDES 61 6.1 ...
G. Meyer, Lester R. Morss, 1991
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Graft-Versus-Host Disease: New Insights for the Healthcare ...
The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research by the authors from Hanyang University, “To improve the therapeutic potency of divalent immunoadhesins, we have constructed and produced several tetravalent forms of  ...
‎2013
8
Antibody Engineering: Methods and Protocols
Several alternative approaches have been used to generate tetravalent species. Additional permutations based on scFvs joined using various combinations of linkers have been investigated. Although the tetrabodies are expected to be ...
Benny K. C. Lo, 2004
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Dana's manual of for the student of elementary mineralogy
Trivalent Trivalent and pentavalent Trivalent and pentavalent Bivalent Bivalent Trivalent Trivalent Bivalent Tetravalent Univalent Trivalent and sexivalent Bivalent Univalent and bivalent Univalent Univalent and trivalent Univalent Bivalent and ...
‎1912
10
Dana's Manual of Mineralogy: For the Student of Elementary ...
Trivalent Trivalent and pentavalent Trivalent and pentavalent Bivalent Bivalent Trivalent Trivalent Bivalent Tetravalent ... and tetravalent Univalent Bivalent Bivalent, trivalent and tetravalent Univalent and bivalent Tetravalent and sexivalent ...
James Dwight Dana, William Ebenezer Ford, 1912

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TETRAVALENT»

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Dengue vaccine reduces risk of hospitalization among older children
Long-term follow-up of a Phase IIb and two Phase III trials of a tetravalent dengue vaccine indicate that the vaccine reduces dengue-related hospitalization risk ... «Pharmacy Today, American Pharmacists Association, pharmacist.com, Jul 15»
2
Affimed ASCO Data for the CD33/CD3-TandAb Program …
In Abstract #7071, titled "Development of a bispecific tetravalent CD33/CD3 TandAb for the treatment of AML" (by Amphivena and Affimed, on Sunday, May 31), ... «GlobeNewswire, May 15»
3
Global rise in dengue warrants improved prevention, control methods
Despite these challenges, one vaccine candidate, a live-attenuated tetravalent vaccine from Sanofi Pasteur that recently completed phase 3 trials in Latin ... «Healio, May 15»
4
Affimed to Present Data at ASCO to Highlight Potency of NK-Cell …
... DiPersio of Washington University in St. Louis ("In vitro and in vivo killing of AML using tetravalent bispecific CD33/CD3 TandAbs" Abstract #3057 on Saturday, ... «GlobeNewswire, May 15»
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Affimed Completes TandAb Development Candidate Activities …
TandAbs are tetravalent, bi-functional molecules that selectively bind to a tumor antigen on a cancer cell and, through a second specific binding site, also bind to ... «GlobeNewswire, Mar 15»
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Are there sufficient data to implement wide-scale dengue …
However, if the dengue vaccine turns out to be similar to the tetravalent vaccine from Sanofi Pasteur (CYD-TDV), which is administered in the second year of life ... «Healio, Mar 15»
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Affimed Appoints Dr. Martin Treder as Chief Scientific Officer
TandAbs and Trispecific Abs are a new generation of proprietary, tumor-cell engaging antibodies with a tetravalent architecture characterized by four binding ... «GlobeNewswire, Jan 15»
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Hope for the New Year: A Dengue Vaccine in 2015?
Potential dengue vaccines must be tetravalent to induce an immune response against each of dengue's four serotypes. The French company Sanofi-Pasteur, ... «The Disease Daily, Jan 15»
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Tetravalent dengue vaccine safe, effective in Latin American children
A tetravalent dengue vaccine was effective against severe virologically confirmed dengue and significantly reduced the risk for hospitalization from the disease ... «Healio, Jan 15»
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Affimed Receives EUR 2.4 million ($3 million) Research Grant from …
Affimed has developed new classes of tetravalent, tumor cell-engaging antibodies, bispecific TandAbs and Trispecific Abs, both of which target cytotoxic effector ... «GlobeNewswire, Jan 15»

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