polyvalent
adjEtymology From poly- + -valent.
1
Multivalent; having a number of different forms, purposes, meanings, aspects or principles.
2
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Having a high valence, especially more than three.
3
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Having multiple valencies.
4
Biology, Natural sciences Containing antibodies to more than one kind of pathogen.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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.2004, Jonathan Cohen et. al, “iClay: Digitizing Cuneiform”, in The 5th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage:
- Derived terms
- antipolyvalent, polyvalently