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单词 univalent
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univalentadj.n.

Brit. /ˌjuːnɪˈveɪlənt/, /ˌjuːnɪˈveɪln̩t/, /juːˈnɪvələnt/, /juːˈnɪvəln̩t/, U.S. /ˌjunəˈveɪlənt/
Etymology: < uni- comb. form + Latin valent-em, present participle of valēre to be worth.
Chemistry.
A. adj.
1. Having a valency of one; having the combining power of one atom of hydrogen or other radical.
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the world > matter > chemistry > valency > [adjective] > having a valency of one
monatomic1848
monad1866
monodynamic1867
univalent1869
monovalent1871
monadic1877
1869 Eng. Mech. 19 Nov. 222/1 A univalent body can only join its single atom to a single atom of a univalent body.
1872 H. Watts Dict. Chem. VI. 243 Chlorine is univalent in argentic chloride.
1893 19th Cent. Aug. 249 Each atom of potassium..is univalent, and has the same valency as one atom of hydrogen.
2. Cytology. /juːˈnɪvələnt/. [ < modern Latin univalens (introduced in German by O. Hertwig 1890, in Arch. f. mikrosk. Anat. XXXVI. 6).] Of a chromosome: remaining unpaired during meiosis. Cf. monovalent adj. 2.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > genetic components > [adjective] > chromosome > chromosomes in respect of meiosis
non-homologous1883
quadrivalent1898
univalent1898
bivalent1899
plurivalent1901
homologous1903
heterotropic1905
monovalent1906
heteromorphic1917
homomorphic1917
trivalent1921
multivalent1929
sexivalent1931
nullisomic1932
quinquevalent1935
1898 Zool. Jahrbücher: Anat. 12 79 The chromosomes of the 1st reduction division are univalent, when they occur in the normal number.
1916 Jrnl. Morphol. 27 226 I believe he [sc. Haecker] is wrong in thinking that the ‘univalent’ chromosomes making up these ‘bivalents’ are to be considered as members of homologous chromosome pairs.
1971 Nature 19 Feb. 570/2 Many authors have reported that the behaviour of univalent chromosomes at meiosis is irregular.
1981 Jrnl. Cell Biol. 88 281 During meiosis I in males of the mole cricket Neocurtilla (Gryllotalpa) hexadactyla, the univalent X1 chromosome and the heteromorphic X2Y chromosome pair segregate nonrandomly.
3. Immunology. = monovalent adj. 3b.
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the world > life > biology > substance > process stimulators or inhibitors > immunogen or antigen > [adjective] > valency of
polyvalent1912
multivalent1934
univalent1939
monovalent1960
the world > life > biology > substance > process stimulators or inhibitors > antibody > [adjective] > valency of
polyvalent1912
multivalent1934
univalent1939
monovalent1960
1939 Bacteriol. Rev. III. 76 If Hooker and Boyd now believe antibody to be univalent they must abandon the entire basis for these and other of their calculations.
1940 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 71 271 Antibody is referred to as low grade, incomplete, imperfect, or ‘univalent’ in instances in which it is incapable by itself of precipitating with added antigen.
1977 M. W. Steward in Glynn & Steward Immunochemistry vii. 245 There are several reports which show the reduction in neutralization of both animal viruses..and bacteriophages..when univalent antibodies have been used.
B. n.
Cytology. /juːˈnɪvələnt/. A univalent chromosome.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > genetic components > [noun] > chromosome > types of chromosome
chromoplastid1885
accessory chromosome1899
chromoplast1902
X1902
heterochromosome1904
idiochromosome1905
macrochromosome1905
allosome1906
autosome1906
monosome1906
sex chromosome1906
supernumerary1907
X chromosome1911
Y chromosome1911
univalent1912
euchromosome1914
W1917
monosome1921
tetrasome1921
trisome1921
heterosome1938
isochromosome1939
trisomic1939
metacentric1945
acrocentric1949
polycentric1953
Philadelphia chromosome1961
monocentric1979
1912 Jrnl. Exper. Zool. 13 350 In the first division the X- and Y-chromosomes divide as separate univalents.
1921 Ann. Bot. 35 173 These chromosomes were of two types, as revealed during meiosis, fourteen being bivalents and twenty-one univalents.
1971 Nature 19 Feb. 570/2 In the triploid species Leucopogon juniperinus univalents are close to the poles at metaphase, but..they are not in the same plane as the spindle on which the bivalents are positioned.

Derivatives

univalence n.
ΚΠ
1865 N. S. Maskelyne in C. B. Mansfield Theory of Salts p. xxii The tide of opinion ran deep and strong in favour of the univalence..of so large a number of the metals.
univalency n.
ΚΠ
1885 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 47 608 The invariable univalency of the hydrogen-atom seems of itself sufficient to negative this supposition.
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