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Multivalent

Multivalent Meaning & Definition
Multivalent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Multivalent?

[adj] having many values, meanings, or appeals; "subtle, multivalent allegory"
[adj] (chemistry) having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher
[adj] (genetics) used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis

Synonyms | Synonyms for Multivalent: ambiguous | multi-valued | polyvalent

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Multivalent In Webster's Dictionary

\Mul*tiv"a*lent\, a. [Multi- + L. valens, p. pr. See {Valence}.] (Chem.) (a) Having a valence greater than one, as silicon. (b) Having more than one degree of valence, as sulphur.

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