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polyvalent

adj

Etymology

From poly- + -valent.

Definitions

  1. Multivalent

    Multivalent; having a number of different forms, purposes, meanings, aspects or principles.

  2. Having a high valence, especially more than three.

  3. Having multiple valencies.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Containing antibodies to more than one kind of pathogen.

    2. Having several different syllabic or semantic meanings depending on the context.

      • The approximately 1000 different cuneiform signs form a complex script system in which practically every symbol is polyvalent, i.e., having multiple phonemic and/or semantic realizations.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for polyvalent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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