multivalent
/ˌmʌltɪˈveɪlənt/
adjective
- Having many different meanings, values, or functions; versatile or multifaceted.
- Her multivalent skills in writing, design, and coding made her a great team leader.
- The word 'light' is multivalent, referring to brightness, weight, or color.
- The artist's work is multivalent, appealing to both children and adults in different ways.
- In chemistry, having a valence of three or more; able to combine with multiple atoms or groups.
- Iron is a multivalent element that can form compounds with different oxidation states.
- Multivalent vaccines are designed to protect against several strains of a virus at once.
- The chemist studied multivalent ions that can bond with multiple other atoms.
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