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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarymul·ti·ple I \ˈməl-tə-pəl\ adjective ETYMOLOGY French, from Latin multiplex, from multi- + -plex -fold — more at -fold DATE 16471. consisting of, including, or involving more than one multiple births2. many, manifold multiple achievements3. shared by many multiple ownership4. having numerous aspects or functions : various5. being a group of terminals which make a circuit available at a number of points6. formed by coalescence of the ripening ovaries of several flowers a multiple fruit II noun DATE 16601. a. the product of a quantity by an integer 35 is a multiple of 7 b. something in units of more than one or two2. parallel 4b3. chiefly British : chain storeEnglish Etymologymultiple 1640s, from Fr. multiple, from L.L. multiplus "manifold," from L.multi- "many, much" + -plus "fold," from base of plicare "to fold, twist;" see ply (v.)). Multiple exposure first recorded 1923.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7multiplemul·tiple / 5mQltipl / adjective[only before noun] many in number; involving many different people or things 数量多的；多种多样的: multiple copies of documents 各种文件的大量的副本 a multiple entry visa 多次入境签证 to suffer multiple injuries (= in many different places in the body) 多处受伤 a multiple birth (= several babies born to a mother at six time) 多胎产 a multiple pile-up (= a crash involving many vehicles) 连环车祸 a house in multiple ownership / occupancy (= owned / occupied by several different people or families) 多户所有/使用的房屋 noun1. (mathematics 数) a quantity that contains another quantity an exact number of times 倍数: 14, 21 and 28 are all multiples of 7. 14、21 和 28 都是 7 的倍数。 8 is the lowest common multiple of 8 and 4. 8 是 8 和 4 的最小公倍数。 Traveller's cheques are available in multiples of €10 (= to the value of €10, €20, €30, etc.). 购买旅行支票以 10 欧元的倍数计算面值。 2. (also 7multiple 'store) (both BrE) = chain storeWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedmul·ti·pleI. \ˈməltəpəl\ adjectiveEtymology: French, from Latin multiplex, from multi- + -plex -fold — more at simple1. : consisting of, including, or involving more than one < multiple birth > < multiple burial of plague victims > < multiple cable > < multiple corolla > < multiple drill > < multiple rate > < multiple skin eruption >2. : many, manifold, several < multiple achievements in politics and public life — B.H.Wall > < multiple minds functioning together — American Scholar > < plants were on a multiple-shift basis — Annual Report General Motors Corp. > < multiple copies of a speech > < multiple-restaurant chain > < multiple-party system >3. : occurring more than once or in higher degree than the first :repeated < multiple roots >4. : belonging to or divided among several or many < multiple ownership > < multiple responsibility >5. : having numerous aspects or functions : various, complex < life is very multiple; full of movements, facts, and news — John Galsworthy > < the multiple executive has been widely used in business and in government — Harold Koontz & Cyril O'Donnell >6. a. : being a circuit with a number of conductors in parallel b. : being a group of terminals which make a circuit available at a number of points7. : developed by coalescence of the ripening ovaries of several distinct flowers (as in the mulberry and the pineapple) : collective— distinguished from aggregate; see fruit illustration8. : having a value equal to some multiple of a single unit < multiple dollars from 2- to 20-dollar pieces > < multiple thaler >II. noun(-s)1. a. : the product of a quantity by an integer < 35 is a multiple of 7 > < gases … associated in multiples of the molecular weight — F.H.Getman > b. : an assemblage with respect to any of its divisions or parts < lay mines in multiple > < four road switchers running in multiple — Trains >2. : parallel 4b < connected in multiple >3. : a multiple coinIII. noun1. : something containing or consisting of more than one or two units of a kind2. : a mass-produced work of art3. : a number that expresses the price-earnings ratio of a stock :price-earnings multiple herein4. chiefly Britain : multiple store herein

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