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monovalent
Chem
a. having a valency of one
b. having only one valency
monovalent [¦män·ō′vā·lənt]
(chemistry)
A radical or atom whose valency is 1.
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In a similar vein, Gillespie and Ross argue that the use of paradoxical images, and particularly of the oxymoron, in mystical texts enables them to "defy or defer the lapse into linearity and monovalency that characterizes most conventional interpretation and allow for the generation of productive paradoxes in the same signifier" (57).
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