multivalent
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Is multivalent a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (chemistry) Having more than one valency or having a valency greater than 3; polyvalent.
2. (genetics) Having three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis.
3. (immunology) Having more than one attachment site for an antibody or antigen.
4. (grammar) Able to bind to different parts of speech.Examples: "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."
5. (art) Having many kinds of value.
noun (English)
1. (genetics) Any multivalent chromosome.
Definition source: Wiktionary