MULTIPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does multiple mean? 

• MULTIPLE (noun)
  The noun MULTIPLE has 1 sense:

1. the product of a quantity by an integer

  Familiarity information: MULTIPLE used as a noun is very rare.

• MULTIPLE (adjective)
  The adjective MULTIPLE has 1 sense:

1. having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual

  Familiarity information: MULTIPLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MULTIPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The product of a quantity by an integer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

36 is a multiple of 9

Hypernyms ("multiple" is a kind of...):

mathematical product; product (a quantity obtained by multiplication)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "multiple"):

double (a quantity that is twice as great as another)

triple (a quantity that is three times as great as another)

quadruple (a quantity that is four times as great as another)

lcm; least common multiple; lowest common multiple (the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers)

Derivation:

multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)

• MULTIPLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual

Context example:

a pineapple is a multiple fruit

Similar:

denary; ten-fold; tenfold (containing ten or ten parts)

nine-fold; ninefold; nonuple (having nine units or components)

eight-fold; eightfold; octuple (having eight units or components)

septuple; seven-fold; sevenfold (having seven units or components)

sextuple; six-fold; sixfold (having six units or components)

five-fold; fivefold; quintuple (having five units or components)

quaternary; quaternate (consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four)

four-fold; fourfold; quadruple; quadruplex; quadruplicate (having four units or components)

four-fold; fourfold; quadruple (four times as great or many)

triune (being three in one; used especially of the Christian Trinity)

three-fold; threefold; treble; triple (three times as great or many)

ternary; treble; triple; triplex (having three units or components or elements)

manifold; multiplex (many and varied; having many features or forms)

duplex ((used technically of a device or process) having two parts)

dual-purpose; dual-use (designed for or serving two purposes)

double; dual; three-fold; threefold; treble; two-fold; twofold (having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities)

double; dual; duple (consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs)

double; doubled; two-fold; twofold (twice as great or many)

binary (consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms))

bigeminal (occurring in pairs)

aggregate (composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets)

Antonym:

single (existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual)

Derivation:

multiple (the product of a quantity by an integer)

multiplicity (the property of being multiple)

 Context examples 

A drug used before autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma or multiple myeloma.

(AMD 3100, NCI Dictionary)

In some cases, multiple towers were seen for as long as 3 1/2 weeks.

(Global Storms on Mars Launch Dust Towers Into the Sky, NASA)

A drug that is used to treat multiple myeloma and ovarian epithelial cancer and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.

(Alkeran, NCI Dictionary)

Also called multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome.

(MEN syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

Also called MEN2 syndrome, multiple endocrine adenomatosis type 2, and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndrome.

(MEN2, NCI Dictionary)

Also called multiple endocrine adenomatosis, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 syndrome, and Wermer syndrome.

(MEN1 syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

A survey of multiple dimensions of social support.

(Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey, NCI Thesaurus)

A survey of multiple dimensions of quality of life, representing the social activities scale.

(Medical Outcomes Study Social Activities, NCI Thesaurus)

Since andrographolide has multiple therapeutic activities there are several proposed mechanisms of action for this agent.

(Andrographolide, NCI Thesaurus)

Amyloidosis may be either primary (with no known cause), secondary (caused by another disease, including some types of cancer, such as multiple myeloma), or hereditary (passed down from parents to children).

(Amyloidosis, NCI Dictionary)