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Definition of Polyvalency
1. Noun. (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two.
Generic synonyms: State
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Derivative terms: Multivalent, Multivalent, Polyvalent, Polyvalent
2. Noun. (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism.
Generic synonyms: State
Category relationships: Toxicology
Derivative terms: Polyvalent, Polyvalent
Definition of Polyvalency
1. Noun. polyvalence ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyvalency
Literary usage of Polyvalency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1912)
"... in the polyvalency of the streptococcus. Natvig (35) demonstrated that it is
possible to obtain, on artificial culture media, two types of haemolysis, ..."
2. Time-based Architecture by Bernard Leupen, René Heijne, Jasper van Zwol (2005)
"This started me off on the idea of 'polyvalency'. It is a word I introduced into
architectural discourse, although the French use the word polyvalent for ..."
3. Popular Science Monthly (1902)
"Moreover the presence of positive and negative atomic ions causes them to link
together into more or less complex molecules and they exhibit polyvalency and ..."
4. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1915)
"... describing a new type of cell with new secretory products, furnishing objective
evidence of the polyvalency of thyroid secretion. ..."
5. Papers on Psycho-analysis by Ernest Jones (1918)
"... formula of polyvalency. Further, adopting a striking suggestion made by
Ferenczi,2 Pierce Clark thinks it probable that the epileptic fits represent the ..."
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