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Trivalent

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Trivalent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/trivalent.html. 1828.