Multivalency
Multivalence or adj. Multivalent , also polyvalence stands for:
- in chemistry the binding capacity of an atom or an ion of two or more, see valence (chemistry)
- in classical logic the basic principle true / false, see principle of two-valued
- in motor vehicles, a drive that can be operated with two or more different fuels, see hybrid drive # multivalent drives
- in heating technology systems that can use two or more different fuels, see building heating
- an arrangement of homologous chromosomes to groups during meiosis, see bivalent (meiosis)
This term includes the specifications
- Bivalent , two-valued
- Trivalent, trivalent
- Quadrivalent, tetravalent
- Quinquevalent, pentavalent