Multiplicity Definition

mŭltə-plĭsĭ-tē
multiplicities
noun
The quality or condition of being manifold or various.
Webster's New World
A great number.
Webster's New World

(mathematics) The number of values for which a given condition holds.

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(software engineering, UML) The number of instances that can occur on a given end of a relationship, including 0..1, 1, 0..* or *, and 1..*.
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Noun

Singular:
multiplicity
Plural:
multiplicities

Origin of Multiplicity

  • Middle English from Old French multiplicite from Late Latin multiplicitās from multiplex various multiplex

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

Multiplicity Sentence Examples

  • It was this multiplicity of activities and interests that proved fatal to him.

  • The results of their experiments embrace a multiplicity of details of which it is impossible to give an adequate summary.

  • In addition to a multiplicity of books there was much variety of use.

  • Beginning with the contemplation of corporeal things in their multiplicity and harmony, it then retires upon itself and withdraws into the depths of its own being, rising thence to the nous, the world of ideas.

  • Thus God, the causa sui, manifests himself in an infinite multiplicity of particular modes.

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Words Starting With

MMUMUL

Words Ending With

YTYITY

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Words Starting With M and Ending With Y

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12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With M12 Letter Words Ending With Y