Adjective: multivalent ,múl-tee'vey-lunt
- Having many values, meanings, or appeals
"subtle, multivalent allegory";
- multi-valued
- (chemistry) having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher
"Carbon's multivalent nature allows it to form complex organic molecules";
- polyvalent
- (genetics) used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis
"Multivalent chromosome associations can occur in polyploid organisms"
See also: ambiguous, valence, valency
Antonym: bivalent, monovalent, univalent
Encyclopedia: Multivalent