'Multivalence' definitions:
Definition of 'multivalence'
(from WordNet)
noun
(chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two [syn: polyvalence, polyvalency, multivalence, multivalency]
Definition of 'Multivalence'
From: GCIDE
- Multivalence \Mul*tiv"a*lence\, n. (Chem.) Quality, state, or degree, of a multivalent element, atom, or radical. [1913 Webster]