Crossword-Solution: TRIVALENT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Trivalent | a. | 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. |
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| HAVING atomic bending of three | 1 answer |
| Like some chromium and arsenic | 1 answer |
| CHROMIUM ___ | 3 answers |
| CHROMIUM USE | 10 answers |
| Arsenic | 13 answers |
| CHROMIUM ALLOY | 14 answers |
| triad | 28 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
ERAA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with TRIVALENT (5)
The words monovalent, divalent, trivalent, tretrava-lent, etc., were coined to express this most important fact, and the various elements came to be known as monads, diads, triads, etc.
When we compare the formula of water with that of hydrochloric acid, we find that there is twice as much hydrogen combined with one atom of oxygen as there is combined with one atom of chlorine; and in a great many other instances, we find that we can replace two atoms of chlorine by one atom of oxygen, so that we get an idea of the exchangeable value of these elements, and we say that one atom of oxygen is worth two of chlorine, or is bivalent; similarly, nitrogen is said to be trivalent.
The elements of the family are ordinarily trivalent, so that the formulas for their compounds differ from those of the elements so far studied.
Other trivalent sulphates besides aluminium sulphate can form similar compounds with the alkali sulphates, and these compounds are also called alums, though they contain no aluminium.
Since this radical is trivalent and oleic, palmitic, and stearic acids contain only one replaceable hydrogen atom to the molecule, it is evident that three molecules of each acid must enter into each molecule of the ethereal salt.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2008).