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单词 multiple
释义 mul·ti·ple
I. \ˈməltəpəl\ adjective
Etymology: French, from Latin multiplex, from multi- + -plex -fold — more at simple
1. : 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 points
7. : developed by coalescence of the ripening ovaries of several distinct flowers (as in the mulberry and the pineapple) : collective — distinguished from aggregate; see fruit illustration
8. : 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 multipleTrains >
2. : parallel 4b
 < connected in multiple >
3. : a multiple coin
III. noun
1. : something containing or consisting of more than one or two units of a kind
2. : a mass-produced work of art
3. : a number that expresses the price-earnings ratio of a stock : price-earnings multiple herein
4. chiefly Britain : multiple store herein
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