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quadrivalent

/kwɒdrɪˈveɪlənt/

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not comparable Having a valence of four.
not comparable, of a vaccine Protecting against four different (usually influenza) viruses.
not comparable Having all of its vertices of degree four. In graph theory terms, a regular projection of a knot, or knot diagram is thus a quadrivalent planar graph with over/under-decorated vertices.

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noun quadrivalents

Any quadrivalent chromosome

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@misc{quadrivalent_2026,
  title = {quadrivalent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quadrivalent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}