MULTIVALENT


Meaning of MULTIVALENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌməl-tē-ˈvā-lənt, -ˌtī-, especially in sense 3 ]

ˌməl-ˈti-və- adjective

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1869

1. : polyvalent

2. : represented more than twice in the somatic chromosome number

multivalent chromosomes

3. : having many values, meanings, or appeals

• multivalent noun

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