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Multivalent
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Having many values, meanings, applications, or forms; in chemistry, having more than one valence.
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Critics praised the novel's multivalent symbolism, which supports several different interpretations.
Sulfur is a multivalent element, capable of forming compounds with several different oxidation states.
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Used literally in chemistry to describe elements with variable valence, and figuratively in literary criticism to describe layered meaning.
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