Antonyms of adj multivalent

3 senses of multivalent

Sense 1
multivalent (vs. univalent) (vs. bivalent) -- (used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis)

univalent (vs. bivalent) (vs. multivalent) -- (used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis; "a univalent chromosome")
bivalent (vs. multivalent) (vs. univalent), double -- (used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis)

Sense 2
polyvalent (vs. monovalent), multivalent -- (having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher)


Sense 3
multivalent, multi-valued -- (having many values, meanings, or appeals; "subtle, multivalent allegory")

INDIRECT (VIA ambiguous) -> unambiguous -- (having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa)

Similarity of adj multivalent

3 senses of multivalent

Sense 1
multivalent (vs. univalent) (vs. bivalent) -- (used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis)

Sense 2
polyvalent (vs. monovalent), multivalent -- (having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher)

Sense 3
multivalent, multi-valued -- (having many values, meanings, or appeals; "subtle, multivalent allegory")
       => ambiguous (vs. unambiguous) -- (having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy")

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