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multivalent
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adjective
mul·ti·va·lent
\ˌməl-tē-ˈvā-lənt, -ˌtī-, especially in sense 3 ˌməl-ˈti-və-\
Definition of multivalent
1 : polyvalent
2 : represented more than twice in the somatic chromosome number multivalent chromosomes
3 : having many values, meanings, or appeals
multivalent
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China Miéville is one of those fiction writers whose multivalent imagination — with its monsters, cityscapes of the future, and battles between good and evil — is capable of making readers’ heads explode.
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adjective
mul·ti·va·lent
\ˌməl-ti-ˈvā-lənt, -ˌtī-\
Medical Definition of multivalent
1: polyvalent
2: represented more than twice in the somatic chromosome number multivalent chromosomes
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multivalent
noun
mul·ti·va·lent
Medical Definition of multivalent
: a multivalent group of chromosomes
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