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Meaning of "polyvalency" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POLYVALENCY

polyvalency  [ˌpɒlɪˈveɪlənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLYVALENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Polyvalency is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POLYVALENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of polyvalency in the English dictionary

The definition of polyvalency in the dictionary is the state of having more than one valency. Other definition of polyvalency is the state of being effective against several strains of the same disease-producing microorganism, antigen, or toxin.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLYVALENCY


bivalency
baɪˈveɪlənsɪ
chaplaincy
ˈtʃæplənsɪ
covalency
kəʊˈveɪlənsɪ
divalency
daɪˈveɪlənsɪ
electrovalency
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈveɪlənsɪ
equivalency
ˌɛkwɪˈveɪlənsɪ
Excellency
ˈɛksələnsɪ
jubilancy
ˈdʒuːbɪlənsɪ
monovalency
ˌmɒnəʊˈveɪlənsɪ
multivalency
ˌmʌltɪˈveɪlənsɪ
pentavalency
ˌpentəˈveɪlənsɪ
quadrivalency
ˌkwɒdrɪˈveɪlənsɪ
quinquevalency
ˌkwɪŋkwɪˈveɪlənsɪ
sibilancy
ˈsɪbɪlənsɪ
tervalency
tɜːˈveɪlənsɪ
tetravalency
ˌtɛtrəˈveɪlənsɪ
transcalency
trænzˈkeɪlənsɪ
trivalency
traɪˈveɪlənsɪ
univalency
ˌjuːnɪˈveɪlənsɪ
valency
ˈveɪlənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLYVALENCY

polytype
polytypic
polytypical
polyunsaturate
polyunsaturated
polyurethan
polyurethane
polyuria
polyuric
polyvalence
polyvalent
polyvinyl
polyvinyl acetate
polyvinyl chloride
polyvinyl resin
polyvinylidene
polyvinylidene chloride
polywater
Polyxena
polyzoa

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLYVALENCY

agency
ambivalency
corpulency
equipollency
feculency
flocculency
fraudulency
indolency
opulency
prepollency
prevalency
purulency
redolency
repellency
sanguinolency
somnolency
succulency
truculency
turbulency
virulency

Synonyms and antonyms of polyvalency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «polyvalency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLYVALENCY

Find out the translation of polyvalency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of polyvalency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «polyvalency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

polyvalency
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

polivalencia
570 millions of speakers

English

polyvalency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

polyvalency
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

polyvalency
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

polyvalency
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

polivalência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

polyvalency
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la polyvalence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Polyvalency
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Polyvalenz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多価性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

polyvalency
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Polyvalency
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

polyvalency
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

polyvalency
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बहुविधता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

polyvalency
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

polivalenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

polyvalency
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

polyvalency
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

polyvalency
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

polyvalency
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

polyvalency
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

polyvalency
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

polyvalency
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polyvalency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYVALENCY»

The term «polyvalency» is used very little and occupies the 190.307 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYVALENCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «polyvalency» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «polyvalency» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about polyvalency

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYVALENCY»

Discover the use of polyvalency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polyvalency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Language of the Kingdom and Jesus: Parable, Aphorism, ...
He remarks: "Perhaps the parable, by its very linguistic character, can mean something only in some narrative or historical context, but its polyvalency implies potential meanings (narrative seeds) that exceed any context."18 What Williams ...
Jacobus Liebenberg, 2001
2
Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural ...
They celebrate hybridity and 'cultural polyvalency', that is, the situation whereby individuals and groups belong simultaneously to more than one culture (for instance, that of the coloniser, through a colonial school system, and that of the ...
Peter Barry, 2002
3
Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Nanoscale ...
The main objective of my research is to use the principle of polyvalency to design and synthesize nanoscale therapeutics against pathogens/toxins, gain greater insights into the factors influencing the properties of these molecules, and then ...
Amit Joshi, 2008
4
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Polyvalency, apparent flexibility, dedicated activity In as much as re-assembling of activities in a flexible workshop is frequent and includes installing dynamic links between them, it becomes useful to clarify the three notions of polyvalency,  ...
P Radhakrishnan, 2001
5
The Idea of Writing: Play and Complexity
REDUCING POLYVALENCY IN WRITING SYSTEMS: FROM EGYPTIAN TO MEROITIC Claude Rilly Polyvalency in Phonemic Writing Systems The concept of polysemy is originally used in lexical semantics, where it “refers to the situation in ...
Alexander J. de Voogt, Irving L. Finkel, 2010
6
Nietzsche, Metaphor, Religion
Monovalency versus Polyvalency These twin categories will be of central importance in analyzing the textual play of The Antichrist, in particular. Todorov defines the valency of a text as "the presence or absence of reference to an anterior ...
Tim Murphy, 2001
7
The Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates-3
6.2. Effect. of. Polyvalency. of. Glycotopes. on. Lectin. Binding. The interaction between one component containing multiple receptors (cell surface, macromolecule) and another component containing multiple ligands shows significantly higher ...
Albert M. Wu, 2011
8
Basement Membranesand Cell Movement
Engel: I was interested in your point about the possible polyvalency of the cell- binding site. This is an attractive idea, but there are the surprisingly low affinities of fibronectin towards cells. In solution, except in unusual temperature conditions,  ...
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2009
9
The New Division of Labour: Emerging Forms of Work ...
When it comes to the Finnish yards the term polyvalency is most commonly discussed in the context of job redesign. According to interview findings, polyvalency has been implemented in the following ways: firstly, by means of lateral job ...
Wolfgang Littek, Tony Charles, 1995
10
Annual Report of the Division of Laboratories and Research
Results of the comparative study of the potency and polyvalency of serums from horses immunized with four, six, twenty, and sixty strains of meningococci respectively, as indicated by their agglutinative action against twenty-seven selected ...
New York (State). Dept. of Health. Division of Laboratories and Research, 1921

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLYVALENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term polyvalency is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Parts and Labor
Plastic's polyvalency, concrete's aggregate composition, and the refining processes that morph the natural into the synthetic—flax to fabric, sap ... «ArtSlant, May 14»
2
The Janus Face of Metaphor.
It achieves meaning by polyvalency and accrual. Meaning in metaphor presents itself as if it were the obverse and reverse of a coin. Whichever ... «The Fortnightly Review, May 12»
3
Great Works: The Crusader 2010 (5.4 x 3.8metres), Gerry Judah
What cannot be denied is that it is altogether a curious thing in its polyvalency. You can read it in so many different ways. There is the blatant ... «Independent, Dec 10»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Polyvalency [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/polyvalency>. May 2024 ».
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