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Multivalent

adjective
1.
Used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis.
2.
Having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher.  Synonym: polyvalent.
3.
Having many values, meanings, or appeals.  Synonym: multi-valued.





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... edition). Pater has translated Cleanthes' phrase koinos logos as "undivided Intelligence." The relevant verse reads, "su kateuthynes koinon logon, hos dia panton phoita," which may be translated, "You guide the Universal Thought that courses through all things." But the word logos is multivalent and subject to philosophical nuance, so any translation of it is bound to ...
— Plato and Platonism • Walter Horatio Pater


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