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Definition of Polyvalence

1. Noun. (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two.

2. Noun. (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism.

Definition of Polyvalence

1. Noun. the state of being polyvalent. ¹

2. Noun. is congruent with polyvalency ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polyvalence

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyvalence

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polyuric polyuridine polyuridylic acid polyuronide polyuronides polyvalence (current term) polyvalences polyvalencies polyvalency polyvalent

polyvalent allergy polyvalent antiserum polyvalent serum polyvalent vaccine polyvariant polyve polyves polyvidone polyvinyl polyvinyl-formaldehyde

Literary usage of Polyvalence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lessons for Students in Architecture by Herman Hertzberger (2001)
"6 FUNCTIONALITY, FLEXIBILITY ANO polyvalence In functionalist architecture the form was derived from the expression of efficiency (which did not ..."

2. Lessons for Students in Architecture by Herman Hertzberger, Ina Rike (2005)
"6 FUNCTIONALITY, FLEXIBILITY AND polyvalence In functionalist architecture the form was derived from the expression of efficiency (which did not ..."

3. Time-based Architecture by Bernard Leupen, René Heijne, Jasper van Zwol (2005)
"Here too polyvalence means that the building can be used in different ways without ... polyvalence in the context of housing relates primarily to the ..."

4. Frame and Generic Space by Bernard Leupen (2006)
"In chapter two I defined polyvalence in terms of the frame concept. ... The third of these categories was polyvalence: if the generic space contains no ..."

5. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1904)
"Bruck studied the principle of polyvalence more thoroughly by ... The value of the principle of polyvalence as applied to the preparation of swine plague ..."

6. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"polyvalence of the metal will also favor this process, as the formate residues combining are thereby brought together spatially, but it will also be ..."

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