multivalent
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having more than one valency or having a valency greater than 3; polyvalent.
adj
Having three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis.
adj
Having more than one attachment site for an antibody or antigen.
adj
Able to bind to different parts of speech.
noun
Any multivalent chromosome.
Example Sentences
- "This procedure can be justified by considering the difficult word or compound as a separate part of a sentence of which the (verbal) adjective is the multivalent predicate, i.e. able to bind more than one part of speech."
- "In general terms, each of the causative suffixes derives a multivalent verb having the meaning 'to cause/make to V', where V is a variable standing for the verbal action of the base."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English -valent English multivalent From multi- + -valent.