the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Quality, state, or degree, of a multivalent element, atom, or radical.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The property of being multivalent.
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n. (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
Word Usage
"Neither of them bother with the distinction between "author voice" and "character voice," neither of them bow to the commands of critics urging "multivalence.""