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单词 multigraph
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multigraphn.

Brit. /ˈmʌltɪɡrɑːf/, /ˈmʌltɪɡraf/, U.S. /ˈməltiˌɡræf/; see also multi- comb. form.
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: multi- comb. form, -graph comb. form, graph n.1
Etymology: In sense 1 < multi- comb. form + -graph comb. form; in sense 2 < multi- comb. form + graph n.1 With sense 2 compare earlier digraph n.2
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.
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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.
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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).
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