Medical Definition of Divalence
1. A combining power (valence) of 2. Synonym: divalence, divalency. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divalence
Literary usage of Divalence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1908)
"Beryllium—Proof of divalence.—JB. Glassman has found that when pure picric acid
is dissolved ... Thus the divalence of beryllium is confirmed by this work. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1908)
"Beryllium—Proof of divalence.—B. Glassman has found that when pure picric acid
is disserved ... Thus the divalence of beryllium is confirmed by this work. ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"In the stable compounds of magnesium and zinc, those elements exhibit only
divalence, from which it may be concluded that compounds in which they exhibit ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1884)
"... while the mode of combination within the molecule as well as divalence or
quadri- valence of the platinum in it is of no importance for the toxic- ..."
5. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by August Bernthsen (1891)
"... hydroxides also can only be explained very insufficiently as addition compounds,
on the assumption of the divalence of sulphur. ..."
6. A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1887)
"... argues with great probability for the divalence of the metals of the group,
and that the present accepted double atomic weights are correct (compare p. ..."
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