Hypertext Webster Gateway: "multivalent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Multivalent \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
multivalent
adj 1: (genetics) used of the association of three or more
homologous chromosomes during the first division of
meiosis [ant: {univalent}, {bivalent}]
2: (chemistry) having more than one valence, or having a
valence of 3 or higher [syn: {polyvalent}] [ant: {monovalent}]
3: having many values, meanings, or appeals; "subtle,
multivalent allegory" [syn: {multi-valued}]
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