Multiple
['mʌltɪpl] or ['mʌltəpl]
Definition
(noun.) the product of a quantity by an integer; '36 is a multiple of 9'.
(adj.) having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual; 'multiple birth'; 'multiple ownership'; 'made multiple copies of the speech'; 'his multiple achievements in public life'; 'her multiple personalities'; 'a pineapple is a multiple fruit' .
Edited by Kathleen--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts.
(n.) A quantity containing another quantity a number of times without a remainder.
Edited by Jeremy
Definition
adj. having many folds or parts: repeated many times.—n. a number or quantity which contains another an exact number of times.—n. Mul′tiplepoinding (Scots law) a process by which a person who has funds claimed by more than one in order not to have to pay more than once brings them all into court that one of them may establish his right.—Common multiple a number or quantity that can be divided by each of several others without a remainder; Least common multiple the smallest number that forms a common multiple.
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Examples
- Its great interest for the history of thought lies in the fact that it is the result of seeking the constant in the variable, the unitary principle in the multiple phenomena of nature. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- For the purpose of increased lucidity we will first show a plain multiple-series system. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This has been accomplished through the invention of the multiple switchboard and a great number of inventions and improvements in all the apparatus used in the transmission of speech. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The figures marked L represent eight lamps of 110 volts each, in multiple series of two, in four derived circuits. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The same author as well as some botanists, have further remarked that multiple parts are extremely liable to vary in structure. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- On the other hand, in the multiple-arc system, current may be considered as flowing in two parallel conductors like the vertical sides of a ladder, the ends of which never come together. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At the generating station at Menlo Park four Z dynamos of 110 volts were used, connected two in series, in multiple arc, giving a line voltage of 220. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This law of multiple proportions afforded confirmation of Dalton's atomic theory, or chemical theory of definite proportions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Hence, in a primitive multiple-arc system, it was found that the system must have conductors of a size equal to the aggregate of the individual conductors necessary for every lamp. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Although Edison had successfully operated several dynamos in multiple arc two years before--i. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the same manner I had worked out for the Manhattan Elevated Railroad a system of electric trains, and had the control of each car centred at one place--multiple control. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Hence they must burn in multiple arc. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Herring, built a multiple-wing machine and tried it successfully on the banks of Lake Michigan. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- At the station at Milan, Italy, the first 'Jumbos' operated in multiple arc were driven by Porter-Allen engines, and dash-pots were applied to the governors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Gay-Lussac now showed that gases, in whatever proportions they may combine, always give rise to compounds whose elements by volume a re multiples of each other. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Edited by Blair