trivalent

1. 1.

   having a valence of three

   chemistry

Questions about trivalent

What does trivalent mean?

trivalent means "having a valence of three".

How many syllables are in trivalent?

trivalent has 3 syllables and divides as tri-va-lent under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is trivalent a common word?

trivalent 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.