multiple
Part of speech: det
adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
finance
mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From French multiple, itself from Late Latin multiplus.
Inflected forms:
form: multiples
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: More than one (followed by plural).
pos: det
examples: My Swiss Army knife has multiple blades.
Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
A study Kennedy discussed on multiple podcast episodes exposed male African clawed frogs to atrazine in a lab, castrating 75% of the male frogs and turning one in 10 males into females.
gloss: Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Some states do explicitly prohibit multiple citizenship.
It was a multiple pregnancy: the woman had triplets.
Multiple registrations are an increasing problem for many social networking sites.
Now, let's briefly explore two different approaches for creating sites for a multiple audience: multiserving and responsive design.
gloss: Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: While being multiple can cause complexity to people’s lives, as will be highlighted below, all respondents noted that they would not want to change their experiences of being multiple.
gloss: A whole number that is obtained by multiplying a specific whole number by another whole number.
pos: noun
examples: 14, 21 and 70 are multiples of 7
gloss: Price-earnings ratio.
pos: noun
gloss: One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
pos: noun
examples: One might view this attempt to ensure the scarcity of a multiple as both a marketing ploy and form of elitism.
gloss: A single individual who displays or experiences multiple personalities or selves.
pos: noun
examples: I had seen its first show when it was a freebie, but I thought it made multiples in general look silly – no one changes clothes THAT much!
Non-abused multiples have no need of doctors, and they have carved out a foothold of their own from where they speak confidently about their utopian vision of a multiple world.
gloss: One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.
pos: noun
gloss: A chain store.
pos: noun
examples: The big advantage such multiples can offer over a purely catalogue operation is that winners can be given shopping vouchers enabling them to choose from goods on display in the multiples' many outlets (Woolworths, for example, has 1,000).
gloss: A discovery resulting from the work of many people throughout history, not merely the work of the person who makes the final connection.
pos: noun
examples: Merton's argument that all scientific discoveries are multiples would seem to contradict the theory of genius […]
gloss: More than one piercing in a single ear.
pos: noun
examples: First of all, the 'greenhorn' stigma of piercing has worn off. The older woman sees her daughter wearing multiples. So she's confident enough to have her ears pierced at least once.
Synonyms: manifold
many
morefold
several
plural
Antonyms: paucal
Related words: multi-
multiplicity
multiplier
multiply
Derived words: battery electric multiple unit
circummultiple
diesel multiple unit
electric multiple unit
equimultiple
Law of multiple proportion
lowest common multiple
multicast
multicasting
multinacci
multiple algebra
multiple allelism
multiple-aspect
multiple bond
multiple cerebral sclerosis
multiple chemical sensitivity
multiple-choice
multiple-choice question
multiple citizenship
multiple conjugation
multiple dispatch
multiple evanescent white dot syndrome
multiple expansion
multiple-exposure
multiple exposure
multiple fruit
multiple fruits
multiple inheritance
multiple intelligences
multiple level
multiple myeloma
multipleness
multiple orgasm
multiple personality
multiple personality disorder
multiplepoinding
multiple rocket launcher
multiple root
multiple sclerosis
multiple star
multiple star system
multiple superparticular
multiplet
multiple transformer
multiple unit
multiplism
multiplist
multiverse
nonmultiple
submultiple
common multiple
least common multiple
smallest common multiple
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: متعدد
lang: Belarusian
word: шматлі́кі
roman: šmatlíki
lang: Belarusian
word: мнагалі́кі
roman: mnahalíki
lang: Belarusian
word: шматразо́вы
roman: šmatrazóvy
lang: Bulgarian
word: многократен
roman: mnogokraten
lang: Catalan
word: múltiple
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 多種 /多种
roman: duōzhǒng
lang: Czech
word: mnohonásobný
lang: Danish
word: flere
lang: Dutch
word: meerdere
lang: Esperanto
word: multobla
lang: Finnish
word: usea
lang: Finnish
word: moni
lang: Finnish
word: moninkertainen
lang: French
word: multiple
lang: Galician
word: múltiple
lang: German
word: mehrfach
lang: German
word: mehrere
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πολλαπλόος
roman: pollaplóos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πολλαπλοῦς
roman: pollaploûs
lang: Hungarian
word: több
lang: Indonesian
word: multipel
lang: Italian
word: multiplo
lang: Japanese
word: 多重
roman: tajū
lang: Latin
word: multiplex
lang: Macedonian
word: повеќекратен
roman: poveḱekraten
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: flere
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: fleire
lang: Persian
word: چندتایی
roman: čandtâyi
lang: Persian
word: چندگانه
roman: čandgâne
lang: Polish
word: złożony
lang: Polish
word: wieloraki
lang: Polish
word: wielokrotny
lang: Portuguese
word: múltiplos
lang: Romanian
word: multiplu
lang: Russian
word: многочи́сленный
roman: mnogočíslennyj
lang: Russian
word: мно́жественный
roman: mnóžestvennyj
lang: Russian
word: многокра́тный
roman: mnogokrátnyj
lang: Russian
word: кра́тный
roman: krátnyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: вишѐструк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: višèstruk
lang: Spanish
word: múltiple
lang: Swedish
word: flera
lang: Swedish
word: flera stycken
lang: Swedish
word: flerfaldig
lang: Tagalog
word: maramihan
lang: Tagalog
word: dinami
lang: Turkish
word: çoklu
lang: Ukrainian
word: числе́нний
roman: čyslénnyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: багаторазо́вий
roman: bahatorazóvyj