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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Pentavalent.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In chem., capable of being combined with or exchanged for five hydrogen atoms; having an equivalence of five.

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  • adjective Alternative spelling of quinquivalent.

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quinque- + -valent

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