Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Quadrivalent

Quadrivalent , adjective

[Quadri- + Latin valens, -entis, p. pr. See Valence.]

(Chemistry) Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.