mul·ti·ple /ˈmʌltəpəl/
 倍數,並聯(a.)多樣的,複合的,複雜的


 mul·ti·ple /ˈməltəpəl/ 形容詞



 multiple
 最小-最大-多重


 multiple
 多重;多道;多路;倍數 MPL;MULT


 multiple
 多重 多 倍數


 Mul·ti·ple, n. Math. A quantity containing another quantity an integral number of times without a remainder.
 Note: ☞ 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 smallest number that will do this; thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 3 and 4 (abbreviated LCM).

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 Mul·ti·ple a.  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 or Dalton's Law, 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 amoeboid 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.


 multiple
      adj : having or involving or consisting of more than one part or
            entity or individual; "multiple birth"; "multiple
            ownership"; "made multiple copies of the speech"; "his
            multiple achievements in public life"; "her multiple
            personalities"; "a pineapple is a multiple fruit" [ant:
             single(a)]
      n : the product of a quantity by an integer; "36 is a multiple
          of 9"