单词 | multigraph |
释义 | multigraphn. 1. A machine for making multiple copies of a document; esp. a small printing machine which uses specially cast type fitted in grooves on a rotating cylinder. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > [noun] > cylindrical rolling press1625 stop-cylinder1874 multigraph1878 Miehle1887 Wharfe1888 society > communication > printing > duplicating processes > [noun] > copying-machine rolling press1780 copying-press1785 copying-machine1803 letterpress1839 manifold letter writer1840 multigraph1878 chromograph1880 cyclostyle1883 graph1884 Roneo1901 jellygraph1919 Multilith1933 1878 Trade Marks Jrnl. 13 Nov. 624 Multigraph... A patent apparatus for multiplying copies of drawings, circulars, etc. 1905 Typewriter Trade Jrnl. Jan. 17/1 Those who were not able to attend the recent show at Madison Square Garden, missed the opportunity of seeing the ‘Multigraph’, a machine for producing multiple copies of typewritten work. 1908 Busy Man's Mag. May 154/1 The multigraph operated by an office boy or girl really typewrites letters individually, but does it at a speed of 2,000 letters per hour. 1925 Daily Tel. 13 May 20/5 (advt.) Experienced multigraph operator and stationery buyer required by City firm. 1967 R. R. Karch & E. J. Buber Graphic Arts Procedures: Offset Processes 546 Multigraph, a duplicator which prints from specially cast type. 2. Mathematics. A graph (graph n.1 1) in which two vertices may be connected by more than one edge. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [noun] > graph curve1818 profile1860 plot1880 graph1886 curve plotting1891 trend line1912 subgraph1931 network1941 digraph1955 multigraph1966 1966 SIAM Jrnl. Appl. Math. 14 729 If a graph has parallel branches, that is, two or more branches are incident to the same pair of nodes, the graph is a multigraph. 1976 Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 55 237 (title) Balanced valuations and flows in multigraphs. 1990 E. Horowitz & S. Sahni Fund. Data Structures in Pascal (ed. 3) vi. 336 Euler..solved the problem by representing the land areas as vertices and the bridges as edges in a graph (actually a multigraph). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878 |
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