multivalence

Questions about multivalence

What does multivalence mean?

multivalence means "(chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two".

How many syllables are in multivalence?

multivalence has 4 syllables and divides as mul-ti-va-lence under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for multivalence?

Close synonyms include polyvalence, polyvalency, multivalency. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is multivalence a common word?

multivalence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.