multiple
adjectiveHaving, relating to, or consisting of more than one individual, element, part, or other component; manifold.
nounA number that may be divided by another number with no remainder.
nounIn telephony, a multiple jack. (See
Arranged with all positive terminals, on the one hand, and all negative terminals, on the other, in direct metallic connection: said of motors, generators, voltaic cells, and the like.
Manifold; having many parts or relations.
Consisting of more than one complete individual.
nounIn arithmetic, a number produced by multiplying another by a whole number: as, 12 is a multiple of 3, the latter being a submultiple or aliquot part of the former.
nounA quantity containing another quantity an integral number of times without a remainder.
adjectiveContaining more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts.
adjectivethe 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