tetravalent

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   haveing a valence of four

   chemistry

Questions about tetravalent

What does tetravalent mean?

tetravalent means "haveing a valence of four".

How many syllables are in tetravalent?

tetravalent has 4 syllables: tet-ra-va-lent. The stress falls on "va". In IPA it is /ˌtɛtɹəˈveɪlənt/.

Is tetravalent a common word?

tetravalent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tetravalent?

2 words rhyme with tetravalent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.