Multiovulate, mul-ti-ō′vū-lāt, adj. (bot.) containing, or bearing, many ovules.
Multipara, mul-tip′a-ra, n. a woman who has had two or more children:—opp. to Primipara.
Multiparous, mul-tip′a-rus, adj. producing many at a birth.—n. Multipar′ity, plural birth.
Multipartite, mul-ti-pär′tīt, adj. divided into many parts.
Multiped, mul′ti-ped, n. an insect having many feet. [L. multus, many, pes, pedis, foot.]
Multipinnate, mul-ti-pin′āt, adj. (bot.) many times pinnate.
Multiple, mul′ti-pl, adj. having many folds or parts: repeated many times.—n. a number or quantity which contains another an exact number of times.—n. Mul′tiplepoinding (Scots law), a process by which a person who has funds claimed by more than one, in order not to have to pay more than once, brings them all into court that one of them may establish his right.—Common multiple, a number or quantity that can be divided by each of several others without a remainder; Least common multiple, the smallest number that forms a common multiple. [L. multiplex—multus, many, plicāre, to fold.]
Multiply, mul′ti-plī, v.t. to fold or increase many times: to make more numerous: to repeat any given number or quantity as often as there are units in another number.—v.i. to increase: to perform the arithmetical process of multiplication:—pr.p. mul′tiplying; pa.t. and pa.p. mul′tiplied.—adjs. Mul′tiplex, having many folds: manifold: (bot.) with petals lying in folds over each other; Multiplī′able, Mul′tiplicable, that may be multiplied.—n. Mul′tiplicand, a number or quantity to be multiplied by another.—adj. Mul′tiplicāte, consisting of more than one: (bot.) multifold.—n. Multiplicā′tion, the act of multiplying or increasing in number: the rule or operation by which any given number or quantity is multiplied.—adj. Mul′tiplicātive, tending to multiply: having the power to multiply.—ns. Multiplic′ity, the state of being multiplied or various: a great number: Mul′tiplier, Mul′tiplicātor, one who, or that which, multiplies or increases the number or quantity by which another is multiplied.—Multiplication table, a tabular arrangement giving the products of pairs of numbers from 1 to 12.—Multiplying glass, lens, a glass, lens, with a number of facets, causing an object to appear multiplied many times. [Fr.,—L. multiplex. See Multiple.]
Multipolar, mul-ti-pō′lar, adj. having many poles, as a nerve-cell or dynamo.—n. an electro-magnetic machine in which several magnetic poles exist.
Multipotent, mul-tip′o-tent, adj. (Shak.) having power to do many things. [L. multus, many, potens, -entis, powerful.]