polyvalencen.
/ˌpɒlɪˈveɪləns/, /ˌpɒlɪˈveɪln̩s/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈveɪl(ə)ns/, /ˌpɑləˈveɪl(ə)ns/ The state or property of being polyvalent (in various senses); multivalence.
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polyvalence1902
multivalence1937
the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > polysemy > [noun]
multivocalness1873
polysensuousness1899
polysemia1900
polysemantism1939
multivocality1963
polysemanticity1966
polyvalence1971
1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Apr. 918 The polyvalence of the amboceptor would be more difficult to understand [etc.].
1971 Archivum Linguisticum 2 104 Now he writes..about the polyvalence of the injunctive—including s, ā and ē stems. In spite of this polyvalence he thinks that there is a common core in the subjunctive and preterite use of these stems.
1996 Molecular Immunol. 33 601 The resultant antigen polyvalence raises the avidity of the Flag antibody to a point where the reaction is..calcium-independent.
1998 M. Warner No Go Bogeyman (2000) xiii. 295 Their meanings cannot be pinned down, indeed they depend on their enigmatic polyvalence and impenetrability for their wondrously peculiar uncanny atmosphere.
2004 Jrnl. Anat. 204 353 We suggest that there is great overlap between the many locomotor modes in bonobos, and that the required polyvalence is reflected in their anatomy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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