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What (who) is multivalent - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Polyvalent; Multivalent (disambiguation); Polyvalence (disambiguation)

Multivalent         
  • Fig. 1. Electron sharing in multivalent atomic binding. The dots and crosses represent the outer electrons of the two different species in each molecule. In ammonia (a), N is connected to three H atoms and is trivalent. In carbon tetrachloride (b), C is connected to four Cl atoms and is tetravalent.
PROPERTY OF CHEMICAL SPECIES THAT CAN FORM MULTIPLE BONDS
Multivalent; Draft:Polyvalency (Chemistry); Draft:Polyvalency (chemistry); Polyvalency
·adj Having a valence greater than one, as silicon.
II. Multivalent ·adj Having more than one degree of valence, as sulphur.
multivalent         
  • Fig. 1. Electron sharing in multivalent atomic binding. The dots and crosses represent the outer electrons of the two different species in each molecule. In ammonia (a), N is connected to three H atoms and is trivalent. In carbon tetrachloride (b), C is connected to four Cl atoms and is tetravalent.
PROPERTY OF CHEMICAL SPECIES THAT CAN FORM MULTIPLE BONDS
Multivalent; Draft:Polyvalency (Chemistry); Draft:Polyvalency (chemistry); Polyvalency
[?m?lt?'ve?l(?)nt]
¦ adjective
1. having many applications, interpretations, or values.
2. Medicine having several sites of possible attachment to an antibody or antigen.
3. Chemistry another term for polyvalent.
Derivatives
multivalence noun
multivalency noun
Polyvalency (chemistry)         
  • Fig. 1. Electron sharing in multivalent atomic binding. The dots and crosses represent the outer electrons of the two different species in each molecule. In ammonia (a), N is connected to three H atoms and is trivalent. In carbon tetrachloride (b), C is connected to four Cl atoms and is tetravalent.
PROPERTY OF CHEMICAL SPECIES THAT CAN FORM MULTIPLE BONDS
Multivalent; Draft:Polyvalency (Chemistry); Draft:Polyvalency (chemistry); Polyvalency
In chemistry, polyvalency (or polyvalence, multivalency) is the property of chemical species (generally atoms or molecules) that exhibit more than one valence by forming multiple chemical bonds (Fig. 1).

Wikipedia

Polyvalence

Polyvalence or polyvalent may refer to:

  • Polyvalency (chemistry), chemical species, generally atoms or molecules, which exhibit more than one chemical valence
  • Polyvalence (music), the musical use of more than one harmonic function of a tonality simultaneously
  • Polyvalent antibody, a group of antibodies that have affinity for various antigens
  • Polyvalent logic, a form of many-valued logic or probabilistic logic
  • Polyvalent vaccine, a vaccine that can vaccinate a person against more than one strain of a disease
  • Sala Polivalentă (disambiguation), various stadiums in Romania commonly translated as Polyvalent Hall
  • Snake antivenom that contains neutralizing antibodies against two or more species of snakes
Examples of use of multivalent
1. Untitled by Raeda Saadeh, 2003The implications suggested by this term are intentionally multivalent.
2. "I‘m absolutely adamant on this point." This is an uncool, old–fashioned idea; in this, and in its determined engagement with tradition, with the canon, it runs counter to the multivalent, high–ironic, ultra–trendy playfulness casual readers of the novel that made her name, White Teeth, might expect.