Multiple

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmÊŒltɪplÌ©/

Origin

From French multiple.

Full definition of multiple

Adjective

1. Having more than one element, part, component, or function.
• 2013, Catherine Clabby, Focus on Everything, 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.
2. My Swiss Army knife has multiple blades.

Synonyms

• manifold, morefold

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Noun

1. (mathematics) A number that may be divided by another number with no remainder.
• 14, 21 and 70 are multiples of 7
2. (finance) Price-earnings ratio.
3. One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
4. A single individual who has multiple personalities.
• 2010, Ann M. Garvey, Ann's Multiple World of Personality: Regular No Cream, No SugarI 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!
• 2000, Henk Driessen, ‎Ton Otto, Perplexities of identification (page 115)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.

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