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multiple
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[ adjective ] having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual
Examples "multiple birth" "multiple ownership" "made multiple copies of the speech" "his multiple achievements in public life" "her multiple personalities" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)At_the_same_time the multiple transvestitism involved - the fat man as girl and as baby , as coquette pretending to be a baby - touches for a moment horrifyingly upon the secret sources of a life like Jacoby 's , upon the sinister dreams which form the sources of any human life . (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)It should be possible to prepare very pure chlorine by oxidation of inorganic chlorides on a vacuum system followed by multiple distillation of the liquid . (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)Although biopsies have shown structural changes in some of the reported cases of steroid induced weakness , this case provides the only example known to us in which necropsy afforded the opportunity for extensive study of multiple muscle groups . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)With multiple member districts the still fragmentary local party organizations could have operated more effectively and parties might have been encouraged to state their positions more clearly . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)At each angle of its pitch a big skylight had been fitted into the roof and all these skylights were fitted with systems of multiple screens and shades . |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) the product of a quantity by an integer
Examples "36 is a multiple of 9" Related terms |
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