I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at multi- + adjective
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary multi- + valent
1. : polyvalent
2. : multiple — used of homologous chromosomes when more than two are present and associate in synapsis
3. : having many values, meanings, or appeals
even in the field of the terminal values of form, a work of art is multivalent — George Boas
as great and multivalent a poet — Ramon Guthrie
II. noun
( -s )
: one that is multivalent ; especially : a multivalent chromosome group