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Definition: Multivalent |
MultivalentAdjective1. (genetics) used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis. 2. (chemistry) having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher. 3. Having many values, meanings, or appeals; "subtle, multivalent allegory". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Multivalent \Mul*tiv"a*lent\, adjective. [Multi- Latin valens, p. pr. See Valence.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Medicine | Pertaining to a group of 5 or more homologous or partly homologous chromosomes during the zygotene stage of prophase to first metaphasis in meiosis. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: MultivalentSynonyms: multi-valued (adj), polyvalent (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: bivalent (adj), monovalent (adj), univalent (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Multivalent |
| English words defined with "multivalent": atomic number 15, atomic number 16, atomic number 24 ♦ chromium, Cr ♦ multi-valued ♦ P, phosphorus ♦ s, sulfur, sulphur. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "multivalent": Halogens. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Multivalent" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (multi-valent). |
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| "Multivalent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Multivalent" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
multivalent | 8 |
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| Language | Translations for "multivalent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 多值性. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | multivalent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | multivalent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | multivalentti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | multivalent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mehrwertig (multi valued, polyvalent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πολυσθενής. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | multivalente. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ultivalentmay multivalente. (various references) multivalente. (various references) multivalent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "multivalent": multivalents. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "multivalent" (pronounced 'Mul*tiv"a*lent'): Acidulent, Attollent, Benevolent, Bivalent, Cinerulent, Convellent, Corpulent, Dedolent, flatulent, Florulent, fraudulent, Frustulent, Glent, indolent, insolent, luculent, Lutulent, Macilent, malevolent, Maltalent, monovalent, Mucopurulent, Muculent, Octavalent, Olent, Omniprevalent, Opulent, Pentavalent, Pestilent, Poculent, Polyvalent, Potulent, Precellent, Prevalent, Puberulent, Pulverulent, Purulent, Quadrivalent, Quantivalent, Quinquivalent, redolent, Revellent, Rorulent, Sanguinolent, Sexavalent, Sexivalent, Slent, somnolent, Superexcellent, tetravalent. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-l-m-n-t-t-u-v" | |
-2 letters: multilane. | |
-3 letters: mutative, mutilate, ultimate. | |
-4 letters: ailment, aliment, alumine, alunite, eluvial, levulin, lumenal, luminal, manille, mantlet, mullein, mullite, nutmeat, vauntie, ventail. | |
-5 letters: alevin, allium, alumin, alumni, alvine, amulet, attune, auntie, eluant, eluvia, entail, etamin, illume, inmate, lament, latent, latten, lattin, lentil, levant, lienal, lineal, lintel, litten, little, lumina, lunate, luteal, lutein, maline, mallei, mallet. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-l-m-n-t-t-u-v" | |
+1 letter: multivalents. | |
+4 letters: multiwavelength. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 75 6C 74 69 76 61 6C 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- ..- .-.. - .. ...- .- .-.. . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01110101 01101100 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100001 01101100 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M u l t i v a l e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0075 006C 0074 0069 0076 0061 006C 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4787788675886778718086 |
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