multiple
IPA: mˈʌɫtʌpʌɫ
noun
- (mathematics) A whole number that can be divided by another number with no remainder.
- (finance) Price-earnings ratio.
- One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
- A single individual who has multiple personalities.
- One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.
- A chain store.
- A discovery resulting from the work of many people throughout history, not merely the work of the person who makes the final connection.
- More than one piercing in a single ear.
adjective
- More than one (followed by plural).
- Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).
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Examples of "multiple" in Sentences
- The movie has been parodied multiple times in the media.
- Uranium may have leached into the fossil multiple times.
- The site is referenced multiple times in the text of the article.
- The user posted the same statement multiple times in the article.
- The content of the article was already scrutinized multiple times.
- In a reentrant mutex, the same thread can acquire the lock multiple times.
- The article mentions how gasification is an efficient process multiple times.
- The result is the filling of multiple orbitals with electrons or multiplicity.