multiple

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Of course the multiple has been at the dance too (with a shadowy heartache for the dances of forty years ago), and knows enough not to confuse the uniforms III In whatever way you walk, at whatever hour, the birds are sweetly calling in the way-side oleanders and the wild sage-bushes and the cedar-tops.

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  1. adjective Having, relating to, or consisting of more than one individual, element, part, or other component; manifold.
  2. noun A number that may be divided by another number with no remainder: 4, 6, and 12 are multiples of 2.

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  • The Russians developed the Katyusha in 1941 as an un-guided artillery shell sometimes described as a multiple rocket launcher. —  uncomfortably numb
  • In the use of the recording medium, it is necessary to use it in accordance with the specifications of the multiple numbers provided by the standard beforehand (It is called a multiple number of specifications). —  FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 05/07/2009
  • A line is called a multiple call appearance (MCA) type if it will be assigned to one or more line keys on the same phone. —  Communications and Technology Blog - Tehrani.com
  • First, recall the multiple missile launches of July 5, 2006. —  ArmsControlWonk
  • Kanye West and Lil Wayne have made a career staple of rhyming the same word multiple times, but Jeezy's overkill of the device shows laziness and an obvious lack of real talent. —  Stories from The Sun
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  1. French, from Old French, from Late Latin multiplum, a multiple : Latin multi-, multi- + Latin -plus, -fold; see pel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French multiple = Spanish múltiplo = Portuguese multiplo = Italian multiplo, from Middle Latin multiplus, manifold, from Latin multus, many, + -plus, as in duplus, double, etc., akin to English -fold: see-fold, and cf. duple, triple, etc. Cf. multiplex, with different second element.
 

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