1. plural of bivalence; the quality or state of having two values, meanings, or aspects
Usage: formal; logic and philosophy
2. in chemistry, the combining capacity of an element equal to two; the state of being divalent
Usage: technical; chemistry

Examples

• The bivalences of certain logical systems allow propositions to be either true or false.
• In classical logic, the principle of bivalence states that every statement has one of two truth values.
• The bivalences observed in quantum mechanics challenge traditional binary thinking.
• Oxygen exhibits bivalences in its chemical bonding with other elements.
• Philosophers debate the bivalences inherent in moral judgments.