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MULTIVALENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does multivalence mean?
• MULTIVALENCE (noun)
The noun MULTIVALENCE has 1 sense:
1. (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
Familiarity information: MULTIVALENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
multivalence; multivalency; polyvalence; polyvalency
Hypernyms ("multivalence" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Derivation:
multivalent (having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher)
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