Multivalent

[,mʌlti'veilәnt]

(adj.) having many values, meanings, or appeals; 'subtle, multivalent allegory' .

(adj.) used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis .

Typed by Amalia--From WordNet

(a.) Having a valence greater than one, as silicon.

(a.) Having more than one degree of valence, as sulphur.

Edited by Juanita

adj. (chem.) equivalent in combining or displacing power to a number of hydrogen or other monad atoms.—n. Multiv′alence.

Typist: Wolfgang