Definition of Polychotomous

1. Adjective. Division or separation into multiple groups or pieces ¹

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Definition of Polychotomous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polychotomous

polychlorinated naphthalene
polychlorinated naphthalenes
polychlorobiphenyl
polychlorobiphenyls
polychloroprene
polychloroprenes
polychloroterphenyl compounds
polychlorotrifluoroethylene
polychlorotrifluoroethylenes
polychondritis
polychord
polychordal
polychords
polychoron
polychotomies
polychotomous (current term)
polychotomy
polychrest
polychrests
polychroism
polychroite
polychromaemia
polychromasia
polychromate
polychromates
polychromatic
polychromatic acid
polychromatic cell
polychromatocyte
polychromatophil cell

Literary usage of Polychotomous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Adjusted relative risks were estimated by polychotomous logistic regression. Compared with women who had never smoked, women who were smokers at the onset ..."

2. Outlines of Evolutionary Biology by Arthur Dendy (1912)
"dichotomous or polychotomous, each branch, in addition to givi;._ off lateral branches, being itself continued on, so to speak. ..• each forking. ..."

3. Adaptive Designs: Selected Proceedings of a 1992 Joint Ams-Ims-Siam Summer by Nancy Flournoy, William F. Rosenberger, American Mathematical Society, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1995)
"A new adaptive design is then proposed to handle cases where the responses are polychotomous or continuous. A large-sample test statistic is given. ..."

4. Analysis of Censored Data: Proceedings of the Workshop on Analysis of by Hira L. Koul, J. V. Deshpande (1995)
"At first glance this model may seem to be similar to the polychotomous response model described by Gelfand and Kuo (1991). But there are major differences. ..."

5. Partial Syllabic Lists of the Clinical Morphologies of the Blood, Sputum by Ephraim Cutter (1888)
"... outline—ragged broken edges here and there and dichotomous and polychotomous divisions of the trunk, different from vegetations of syphilis for example. ..."

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