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Having a valence greater than one. [Obs.]

The quality or state of being predominant; superiority; ascendency; prevalence; predomination. The predominance of conscience over interest. South.

The quality or state of being prepollent; superiority of power; predominance; prevalence. [R.] Coventry.

in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the practice prevails this day. This custom makes the short-sighted bigots, and the warier skeptics, as far as it prevails. Locke.

Prevalence; superior influence; efficacy. [Obs.] Shak.

See Prevalence.

Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.

Of or pertaining to quantivalence. [Archaic]

Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.

A person who is not of noble birth; specif., a freeman who during the prevalence of feudalism held allodial land.

containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with ruthenious compounds.

taining to, or containing, ruthenium; designating those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with ruthenic compounds.

ng, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with selenious compounds.

ing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with selenic compounds.

ntaining tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with stannous compounds. Stannic acid.

ntaining, tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with stannic compounds. Stannous chloride (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, SnCl2.(H2O)2, obtained by dissolving tin in hydrochloric acid. It is used as a mordant in dyeing.

ing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the sulphurous compounds; as, sulphuric acid. Sulphuric acid. (a) Sulphur trioxide (see under Sulphur); -- formerly so called on the dualistic theory of salts. [Obs.] (b) A heavy, corrosive, oily liquid,…

ning, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds.

g, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds; as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid. Telluric bismuth (Min.), tetradymite. -- Telluric silver (Min.), hessite.

ng, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with telluric compounds; as, tellurous acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid.