Multiple Definition

mŭltə-pəl

multiples

adjective

Having or consisting of many parts, elements, etc.; more than one or once; manifold or complex.

Webster's New World

Shared by or involving many.

Webster's New World

Many or very many; numerous.

Webster's New World

Designating or of a circuit having two or more conductors connected in parallel.

Webster's New World

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

Webster's New World

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

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multiple

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multiples

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.

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