Definition of "univalent" in Englisch

adjective

1. (chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 1, or having only one valence.

2. (medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 1.

3. (genetics) Of, or relating to, a chromosome that is not paired with its homologous chromosome during synapsis.

4. (complex analysis, of a (holomorphic) function) (Holomorphic and) injective.

noun

1. (genetics) Any univalent chromosome.