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n. - (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two.

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  • As for "multivalence": How multivalent is Hemingway's fiction?
  • Neither of them bother with the distinction between "author voice" and "character voice," neither of them bow to the commands of critics urging "multivalence."
  • And from the complexity and multivalence of their experiences they will continue to provide others with that special kind of entertainment that we call the arts.
  • There exists no single work that traces ambiguity or multivalence through the whole of Western culture; there - fore the suggested readings are arranged historically.
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