Meaning of MULTIVALENT
| Pronunciation: | | `multu'veylunt
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | ambiguous, multi-valued, polyvalent |
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| | Antonyms: | | bivalent, double, monovalent, univalent | | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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