Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Acting against or interacting with more than one kind of antigen, antibody, toxin, or microorganism.
- adj. Chemistry Having more than one valence.
- adj. Chemistry Having a valence of 3 or higher.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Having a valence greater than unity: used of chemical elements and radicals. The term is sometimes used, less correctly, of compounds, especially of alcohols and phenols, derived from polyvalent radicals. Such compounds are now correctly termed polyacid alcohols.
Wiktionary
- adj. multivalent; having a number of different forms, purposes, meanings, aspects or principles.
- adj. chemistry Having a high valence, especially more than three
- adj. chemistry Having multiple valencies
- adj. biology Containing antibodies to more than one kind of pathogen
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Chem.) Multivalent.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. containing several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigen
- adj. having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher
Examples
“In short, or long, if I envy Kâteb anything it is his polyvalent and polyglot genius!”
“In short, or long, if I envy Kâteb anything it is his polyvalent and polyglot genius!”
“Here, Brion Gysin the intermedialist finally emerges, not simply sporting several hats at once, but wearing a whole polyvalent outfit of his own design -- a king, genial and quirky but masterful nonetheless, of many interfacing trades.”
The Huffington Post: Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: Brion Gysin, Together at Last
“The solution is given as the moderationregreg of openess to polyvalent/many valued life discussion. disclose the desire of the mundane reputation is a sickness, it would be an indulgence to call it a malady, who would cut open your belly to free your vomit?”
“I can only remark that most words that refer to any cultural institution or practice are polyvalent.”
How reviewers sometimes tell as much about themselves as about the book - The Panda's Thumb
“The polyvalent religious imagery and language was back again on Heroes tonight SPOILERS in what follows.”
“Regardless of the psychoactive effects or "gateway drug" status of either drug, the delivery system, inhaling smoke, is a known and polyvalent health risk to the user and those in the vicinity of the user.”
So, Phelps photographed with a bong? A problem for endorsements? I have an idea.
“Here's the reason: No matter how simple superheroes may seem, they're still complex enough to be richly polyvalent.”
“Perso, je trouve que je suis aimable, que je bosse bien, ne rechigne a rien du tout comme tâche, je suis polyvalent, je ne me cantonne pas a ma charcuterie et mon fromage ...”
“Unless one is limiting oneself to modern English rather than the underlying concept, then the notion of "God" is much broader and more polyvalent.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘polyvalent’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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zachg's Words
verisimilitude, phenomenology, polyvalent, aleatoric, ontology, epistemology, solipsism, monad, hermeneutic, heuristic, performative, constative and 142 more...
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miscellanea
antimacassar, snootful, sessile, glagolitic, marrowsky, farrago, keel, calumny, rheum, talisman, tally, awry and 508 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, P
pellucid, pertain, pampas, prate, pinecone, philistine, pantocrator, papaverine, postmeridian, potlatch, pharology, pinniped and 622 more...
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2012 Words
Words looked up in 2012
ochreous, palter, tergiversation, twee, demonian, penetralia, somatization, verdure, nescience, lanceolate, saurian, epigon and 71 more...
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Science
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trimalchio's Words
scuttle, shape, tendril, chitinous, polyvalent, quell, wight, wraith, march-stepper
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