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Definition of Multiplicity
1. Noun. The property of being multiple.
2. Noun. A large number.
Generic synonyms: Figure, Number
Specialized synonyms: Multitudinousness
Attributes: Many, Few
Derivative terms: Numerous, Numerous
Definition of Multiplicity
1. n. The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects.
Definition of Multiplicity
1. Noun. the state of being made of multiple diverse elements ¹
2. Noun. (mathematics) the number of values for which a given condition holds ¹
3. Noun. a large indeterminate number ¹
4. Noun. (software engineering UML) The number of instances that can occur on a given end of a relationship, including 0..1, 1, 0..* or *, and 1..*. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Multiplicity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Multiplicity
Literary usage of Multiplicity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"The multiplicity and confusion of tribunals corresponded to a multiplicity and
... The mischief of such a multiplicity and confusion of laws had been ..."
2. The Law of Unfair Competition and Trademarks: With Chapters on Good-will by Harry Dwight Nims (1917)
"Interference by Bringing a Multiplicity of Suits.— The bringing of a multiplicity
of suits, started not in good faith but for the purpose of deterring the ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"It must appear that the enforcement of the tax would lead to a multiplicity of
suits, or produce irreparable injury, or,where the property is real estate, ..."
4. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1905)
"Same: Multiplicity of Suits.—The avoidance of a multiplicity of suits as a ground
for equitable jurisdiction in tax cases has been so fully discussed ..."
5. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Rapidity of Growth, Multiplicity and Anatomical Effects of Tumors Rapidity of
Growth.—Some tumors grow very slowly, ..."
6. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"The multiplicity and confusion of tribunals corresponded to a multiplicity and
... The mischief of such a multiplicity and confusion of laws had been ..."
7. The Law of Unfair Competition and Trademarks: With Chapters on Good-will by Harry Dwight Nims (1917)
"Interference by Bringing a Multiplicity of Suits.— The bringing of a multiplicity
of suits, started not in good faith but for the purpose of deterring the ..."
8. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"It must appear that the enforcement of the tax would lead to a multiplicity of
suits, or produce irreparable injury, or,where the property is real estate, ..."
9. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1905)
"Same: Multiplicity of Suits.—The avoidance of a multiplicity of suits as a ground
for equitable jurisdiction in tax cases has been so fully discussed ..."
10. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Rapidity of Growth, Multiplicity and Anatomical Effects of Tumors Rapidity of
Growth.—Some tumors grow very slowly, ..."