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polyvalence en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English valence English polyvalence From poly- + valence.

Meanings

  1. (countable) The state of being polyvalent.
  2. (countable) Congruence with polyvalency.
  3. (uncountable) A quality of music that is played in more than one harmonic function in the same key.

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