Mul`ti*no"date (?), a. [Multi- + nodate.] Having many knots or nodes.
Mul`ti*no"dous (?), a. [L. multinodus.] Same as Multinodate.
Mul`ti*no"mi*al (?), n. & a. [Multi- + -nomial, as in binomial. See
Binomial.] (Alg.) Same as Polynomial.
{ Mul`ti*nom"i*nal (?), Mul`ti*nom"i*nous (?), } a. [L. multinominis;
multus many + nomen nominis name.] Having many names or terms.
Mul`ti*nu"cle*ar (?), a. [Multi- + nuclear.] (Biol.) Containing many
nuclei; as, multinuclear cells.
{ Mul`ti*nu"cle*ate (?), Mul`ti*nu"cle*a`ted (?), } a. (Biol.)
Multinuclear.
Mul*tip"a*rous (?), a. [Multi- + L. parere to produce: cf. F.
multipare.] Producing many, or more than one, at a birth.
Mul*tip"ar*tite (?), a. [L. multipartitus multus much, many partitus
divided, p. p.: cf. F. multipartite. See Partite.] Divided into many
parts; having several parts.
Mul"ti*ped (?), n. [L. multipes, multipeda; multus much, many + pes,
pedis, foot: cf. F. multipède.] (Zoöl.) An insect having many feet, as
a myriapod.
Mul"ti*ped, a. Having many feet.
Mul"ti*ple (?), a. [Cf. F. multiple, and E. quadruple, and multiply.]
Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than
one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts.
Law of multiple proportion (Chem.), the generalization that when the
same elements unite in more than one proportion, forming two or more
different compounds, the higher proportions of the elements in such
compounds are simple multiples of the lowest proportion, or the
proportions are connected by some simple common factor; thus, iron and
oxygen unite in the proportions FeO, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, in which compounds,
considering the oxygen, 3 and 4 are simple multiplies of 1. Called also
the Law of Dalton, from its discoverer. -- Multiple algebra, a branch
of advanced mathematics that treats of operations upon units compounded
of two or more unlike units. -- Multiple conjugation (Biol.), a
coalescence of many cells (as where an indefinite number of amœboid
cells flow together into a single mass) from which conjugation proper
and even fertilization may have been evolved. -- Multiple fruits.
(Bot.) See Collective fruit, under Collective. -- Multiple star
(Astron.), several stars in close proximity, which appear to form a
single system.
Mul"ti*ple, n. (Math.) A quantity containing another quantity a number
of times without a remainder.
A common multiple of two or more numbers contains each of them a number
of times exactly; thus, 24 is a common multiple of 3 and 4. The least
common multiple is the least number that will do this; thus, 12 is the
least common multiple of 3 and 4.
Mul"ti*plex (?), a. [L. multiplex, -plicis. See Multiply.] Manifold;
multiple.
Mul"ti*pli`a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. multipliable.] Capable of being
multiplied. -- Mul"ti*pli`a*ble*ness, n.
Mul"ti*pli*ca*ble (?), a. [L. multiplicabilis.] Capable of being
multiplied; multipliable.
Mul"ti*pli*cand` (?), n. [L. multiplicandus to be multiplied: cf. F.
multiplicande.] (Math.) The number which is to be multiplied by another
number called the multiplier. See Note under Multiplication.
Mul"ti*pli*cate (?), a. [L. multiplicatus, p. p. of multiplicare. See
Multiply.] Consisting of many, or of more than one; multiple;
multifold.
Multiplicate flower (Bot.), a flower that is double, or has an unusual
number of petals in consequence of the abnormal multiplication of the
parts of the floral whorls.
Mul`ti*pli*ca"tion (?), n. [L. multiplicatio: cf. F. multiplication.
See Multiply.] 1. The act or process of multiplying, or of increasing
in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the
human species by natural generation.
The increase and multiplication of the world.
Thackeray.
2. (Math.) The process of repeating, or adding to itself, any given
number or quantity a certain number of times; commonly, the process of
ascertaining by a briefer computation the result of such repeated
additions; also, the rule by which the operation is performed; -- the
reverse of division.
The word multiplication is sometimes used in mathematics, particularly
in multiple algebra, to denote any distributive operation expressed by
one symbol upon any quantity or any thing expressed by another symbol.
Corresponding extensions of meaning are given to the words multiply,
multiplier, multiplicand, and product. Thus, since φ(x + y) =
φx + φy (see under Distributive), where φ(x + y), φx,
and φy indicate the results of any distributive operation
represented by the symbol φ upon x + y, x, and y, severally, then
because of many very useful analogies φ(x + y) is called the
product of φ and x + y, and the operation indicated by φ is
called multiplication. Cf. Facient, n., 2.
3. (Bot.) An increase above the normal number of parts, especially of
petals; augmentation.
4. The art of increasing gold or silver by magic, -- attributed
formerly to the alchemists. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Multiplication table, a table giving the product of a set of numbers
multiplied in some regular way; commonly, a table giving the products
of the first ten or twelve numbers multiplied successively by 1, 2, 3,
etc., up to 10 or 12.
Mul"ti*pli*ca*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. multiplicatif.] Tending to multiply;
having the power to multiply, or incease numbers.
Mul"ti*pli*ca*tive*ly, adv. So as to multiply.
Mul"ti*pli*ca`tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. multiplicateur. Cf. Multiplier.]
The number by which another number is multiplied; a multiplier.