Multiple Definition

mŭltə-pəl
multiples
adjective
Having or consisting of many parts, elements, etc.; more than one or once; manifold or complex.
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Shared by or involving many.
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Many or very many; numerous.
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Designating or of a circuit having two or more conductors connected in parallel.
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Having more than one element, part, component, or function.

My Swiss Army knife has multiple blades.
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noun
multiples
A group of terminals so arranged that connection with the circuit can be made at any of a number of points.
Webster's New World
A number which is a product of some specified number and another number.
10 is a multiple of 5
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Webster's New World

(mathematics) A number that may be divided by another number with no remainder.

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One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.

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Other Word Forms of Multiple

Noun

Singular:
multiple
Plural:
multiples

Origin of Multiple

  • French from Old French from Late Latin multiplum a multiple Latin multi- multi- Latin -plus -fold pel-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French multiple.

    From Wiktionary

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