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Having a valence greater than one, as silicon.

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  1. a. Having a valence greater than one, as silicon.
  2. a. Having more than one degree of valence, as sulphur.
  3. adj. used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis
  4. adj. having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher
  5. adj. having many values, meanings, or appeals
  6. (a) Having a valence greater than one, as silicon. (b) Having more than one degree of valence, as sulphur.
  7. j:100 a. used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis s. having many values, meanings, or appeals