Meanings
nounbivalence (countable and uncountable, plural bivalences)
plural bivalences
- countableuncountableThe state or quality of being bivalent (in any sense)
This holds even for principles of logic, such as bivalence.
2008 January 3, Anand Vaidya, “Modal Rationalism and Modal Monism”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 2, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Italic*dwi-
- Latinbi-
- Englishbi-
- Englishvalence
- Englishbivalence
Translations
French bivalence
- bivalencestate or quality of being bivalent
German Bivalenz, Zweitwertigkeit
- Bivalenzstate or quality of being bivalent
- Zweitwertigkeitstate or quality of being bivalent
Romanian bivalență
- bivalențăstate or quality of being bivalent
Cite this entry
APA
bivalence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bivalence
MLA
“bivalence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bivalence. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bivalence,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bivalence.
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