| slovo | definícia |
multi
(mass) | multi
- mnohonásobný, viacnásobný |
multi
(gcide) | Many \Ma"ny\, a. & pron.
Note: [It has no variation to express degrees of comparison;
more and most, which are used for the comparative and
superlative degrees, are from a different root.] [OE.
mani, moni, AS. manig, m[ae]nig, monig; akin to D.
menig, OS. & OHG. manag, G. manch, Dan. mange, Sw.
m[*a]nge, Goth. manags, OSlav. mnog', Russ. mnogii; cf.
Icel. margr, Prov. E. mort. [root]103.]
Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.
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Thou shalt be a father of many nations. --Gen. xvii.
4.
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Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not
many noble, are called. --1 Cor. i.
26.
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Note: Many is freely prefixed to participles, forming
compounds which need no special explanation; as,
many-angled, many-celled, many-eyed, many-footed,
many-handed, many-leaved, many-lettered, many-named,
many-peopled, many-petaled, many-seeded, many-syllabled
(polysyllabic), many-tongued, many-voiced, many-wived,
and the like. In such usage it is equivalent to
multi. Comparison is often expressed by many with as
or so. "As many as were willing hearted . . . brought
bracelets." --Exod. xxxv. 22. "So many laws argue so
many sins." --Milton. Many stands with a singular
substantive with a or an.
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Many a, a large number taken distributively; each one of
many. "For thy sake have I shed many a tear." --Shak.
"Full many a gem of purest ray serene." --Gray.
Many one, many a one; many persons. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.
The many, the majority; -- opposed to the few. See
Many, n.
Too many, too numerous; hence, too powerful; as, they are
too many for us. --L'Estrange.
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Syn: Numerous; multiplied; frequent; manifold; various;
divers; sundry.
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Multi-
(gcide) | Multi- \Mul"ti-\, Mult- \Mult-\ [L. multus much.]
A prefix signifying much or many; several; more than one; as,
multiaxial, multocular.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
multi
(mass) | multi
- mnohonásobný, viacnásobný |
multicultural
(mass) | multicultural
- multikultúrny |
multipies
(mass) | multipies
- násobí |
multiple
(mass) | multiple
- viacnásobný, násobný |
multiplication
(mass) | multiplication
- násobilka |
multiplied
(mass) | multiplied
- rozmnožený |
multiply
(mass) | multiply
- vynásobiť, násobiť, znásobiť |
multitude
(mass) | multitude
- veľké množstvo |
multivitamin
(mass) | multivitamin
- multivitamín |
multi-access
(encz) | multi-access,víceuživatelský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
multi-family house
(encz) | multi-family house,bytový dům [stav.] Oldřich Švec |
multi-layer projection
(encz) | multi-layer projection,vícevrstvá projekce [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
multi-point
(encz) | multi-point,mnohobodový adj: Zdeněk Brožmulti-point,vícebodový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
multi-purpose
(encz) | multi-purpose,víceúčelový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
multi-stage
(encz) | multi-stage,vícestupňový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
multi-storey
(encz) | multi-storey,mnohopatrový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
multi-track
(encz) | multi-track,vícestopý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
multi-user
(encz) | multi-user,víceuživatelský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
multi-way
(encz) | multi-way,mnohosměrný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
large amplitude multi-mode aerospace research simulator
(czen) | Large Amplitude Multi-Mode Aerospace Research Simulator,LAMARS[zkr.]
[voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
multi-axis thrust vectoring
(czen) | Multi-Axis Thrust Vectoring,MATV[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
Common multiple
(gcide) | Common \Com"mon\, a. [Compar. Commoner; superl. Commonest.]
[OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis;
com- + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make
fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E.
mean low, common. Cf. Immunity, Commune, n. & v.]
1. Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than
one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.
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Though life and sense be common to men and brutes.
--Sir M. Hale.
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2. Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the
members of a class, considered together; general; public;
as, properties common to all plants; the common schools;
the Book of Common Prayer.
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Such actions as the common good requireth. --Hooker.
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The common enemy of man. --Shak.
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3. Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.
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Grief more than common grief. --Shak.
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4. Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary;
plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
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The honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life.
--W. Irving.
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This fact was infamous
And ill beseeming any common man,
Much more a knight, a captain and a leader. --Shak.
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Above the vulgar flight of common souls. --A.
Murphy.
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5. Profane; polluted. [Obs.]
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What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
--Acts x. 15.
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6. Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.
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A dame who herself was common. --L'Estrange.
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Common bar (Law) Same as Blank bar, under Blank.
Common barrator (Law), one who makes a business of
instigating litigation.
Common Bench, a name sometimes given to the English Court
of Common Pleas.
Common brawler (Law), one addicted to public brawling and
quarreling. See Brawler.
Common carrier (Law), one who undertakes the office of
carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Such a carrier is
bound to carry in all cases when he has accommodation, and
when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all
losses and injuries to the goods, except those which
happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies
of the country, or of the owner of the property himself.
Common chord (Mus.), a chord consisting of the fundamental
tone, with its third and fifth.
Common council, the representative (legislative) body, or
the lower branch of the representative body, of a city or
other municipal corporation.
Common crier, the crier of a town or city.
Common divisor (Math.), a number or quantity that divides
two or more numbers or quantities without a remainder; a
common measure.
Common gender (Gram.), the gender comprising words that may
be of either the masculine or the feminine gender.
Common law, a system of jurisprudence developing under the
guidance of the courts so as to apply a consistent and
reasonable rule to each litigated case. It may be
superseded by statute, but unless superseded it controls.
--Wharton.
Note: It is by others defined as the unwritten law
(especially of England), the law that receives its
binding force from immemorial usage and universal
reception, as ascertained and expressed in the
judgments of the courts. This term is often used in
contradistinction from statute law. Many use it to
designate a law common to the whole country. It is also
used to designate the whole body of English (or other)
law, as distinguished from its subdivisions, local,
civil, admiralty, equity, etc. See Law.
Common lawyer, one versed in common law.
Common lewdness (Law), the habitual performance of lewd
acts in public.
Common multiple (Arith.) See under Multiple.
Common noun (Gram.), the name of any one of a class of
objects, as distinguished from a proper noun (the name of
a particular person or thing).
Common nuisance (Law), that which is deleterious to the
health or comfort or sense of decency of the community at
large.
Common pleas, one of the three superior courts of common
law at Westminster, presided over by a chief justice and
four puisne judges. Its jurisdiction is confined to civil
matters. Courts bearing this title exist in several of the
United States, having, however, in some cases, both civil
and criminal jurisdiction extending over the whole State.
In other States the jurisdiction of the common pleas is
limited to a county, and it is sometimes called a {county
court}. Its powers are generally defined by statute.
Common prayer, the liturgy of the Church of England, or of
the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States,
which all its clergy are enjoined to use. It is contained
in the Book of Common Prayer.
Common school, a school maintained at the public expense,
and open to all.
Common scold (Law), a woman addicted to scolding
indiscriminately, in public.
Common seal, a seal adopted and used by a corporation.
Common sense.
(a) A supposed sense which was held to be the common bond
of all the others. [Obs.] --Trench.
(b) Sound judgment. See under Sense.
Common time (Mus.), that variety of time in which the
measure consists of two or of four equal portions.
In common, equally with another, or with others; owned,
shared, or used, in community with others; affecting or
affected equally.
Out of the common, uncommon; extraordinary.
Tenant in common, one holding real or personal property in
common with others, having distinct but undivided
interests. See Joint tenant, under Joint.
To make common cause with, to join or ally one's self with.
Syn: General; public; popular; national; universal; frequent;
ordinary; customary; usual; familiar; habitual; vulgar;
mean; trite; stale; threadbare; commonplace. See
Mutual, Ordinary, General.
[1913 Webster]Multiple \Mul"ti*ple\, n. (Math.)
A quantity containing another quantity an integral number of
times without a remainder.
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Note: A
common multiple of two or more numbers contains each of
them a number of times exactly; thus, 24 is a common
multiple of 3 and 4. The
least common multiple is the smallest number that will do
this; thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 3 and 4
(abbreviated LCM).
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common multiple
(gcide) | Common \Com"mon\, a. [Compar. Commoner; superl. Commonest.]
[OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis;
com- + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make
fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E.
mean low, common. Cf. Immunity, Commune, n. & v.]
1. Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than
one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.
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Though life and sense be common to men and brutes.
--Sir M. Hale.
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2. Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the
members of a class, considered together; general; public;
as, properties common to all plants; the common schools;
the Book of Common Prayer.
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Such actions as the common good requireth. --Hooker.
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The common enemy of man. --Shak.
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3. Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.
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Grief more than common grief. --Shak.
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4. Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary;
plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
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The honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life.
--W. Irving.
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This fact was infamous
And ill beseeming any common man,
Much more a knight, a captain and a leader. --Shak.
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Above the vulgar flight of common souls. --A.
Murphy.
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5. Profane; polluted. [Obs.]
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What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
--Acts x. 15.
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6. Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.
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A dame who herself was common. --L'Estrange.
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Common bar (Law) Same as Blank bar, under Blank.
Common barrator (Law), one who makes a business of
instigating litigation.
Common Bench, a name sometimes given to the English Court
of Common Pleas.
Common brawler (Law), one addicted to public brawling and
quarreling. See Brawler.
Common carrier (Law), one who undertakes the office of
carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Such a carrier is
bound to carry in all cases when he has accommodation, and
when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all
losses and injuries to the goods, except those which
happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies
of the country, or of the owner of the property himself.
Common chord (Mus.), a chord consisting of the fundamental
tone, with its third and fifth.
Common council, the representative (legislative) body, or
the lower branch of the representative body, of a city or
other municipal corporation.
Common crier, the crier of a town or city.
Common divisor (Math.), a number or quantity that divides
two or more numbers or quantities without a remainder; a
common measure.
Common gender (Gram.), the gender comprising words that may
be of either the masculine or the feminine gender.
Common law, a system of jurisprudence developing under the
guidance of the courts so as to apply a consistent and
reasonable rule to each litigated case. It may be
superseded by statute, but unless superseded it controls.
--Wharton.
Note: It is by others defined as the unwritten law
(especially of England), the law that receives its
binding force from immemorial usage and universal
reception, as ascertained and expressed in the
judgments of the courts. This term is often used in
contradistinction from statute law. Many use it to
designate a law common to the whole country. It is also
used to designate the whole body of English (or other)
law, as distinguished from its subdivisions, local,
civil, admiralty, equity, etc. See Law.
Common lawyer, one versed in common law.
Common lewdness (Law), the habitual performance of lewd
acts in public.
Common multiple (Arith.) See under Multiple.
Common noun (Gram.), the name of any one of a class of
objects, as distinguished from a proper noun (the name of
a particular person or thing).
Common nuisance (Law), that which is deleterious to the
health or comfort or sense of decency of the community at
large.
Common pleas, one of the three superior courts of common
law at Westminster, presided over by a chief justice and
four puisne judges. Its jurisdiction is confined to civil
matters. Courts bearing this title exist in several of the
United States, having, however, in some cases, both civil
and criminal jurisdiction extending over the whole State.
In other States the jurisdiction of the common pleas is
limited to a county, and it is sometimes called a {county
court}. Its powers are generally defined by statute.
Common prayer, the liturgy of the Church of England, or of
the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States,
which all its clergy are enjoined to use. It is contained
in the Book of Common Prayer.
Common school, a school maintained at the public expense,
and open to all.
Common scold (Law), a woman addicted to scolding
indiscriminately, in public.
Common seal, a seal adopted and used by a corporation.
Common sense.
(a) A supposed sense which was held to be the common bond
of all the others. [Obs.] --Trench.
(b) Sound judgment. See under Sense.
Common time (Mus.), that variety of time in which the
measure consists of two or of four equal portions.
In common, equally with another, or with others; owned,
shared, or used, in community with others; affecting or
affected equally.
Out of the common, uncommon; extraordinary.
Tenant in common, one holding real or personal property in
common with others, having distinct but undivided
interests. See Joint tenant, under Joint.
To make common cause with, to join or ally one's self with.
Syn: General; public; popular; national; universal; frequent;
ordinary; customary; usual; familiar; habitual; vulgar;
mean; trite; stale; threadbare; commonplace. See
Mutual, Ordinary, General.
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A quantity containing another quantity an integral number of
times without a remainder.
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Note: A
common multiple of two or more numbers contains each of
them a number of times exactly; thus, 24 is a common
multiple of 3 and 4. The
least common multiple is the smallest number that will do
this; thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 3 and 4
(abbreviated LCM).
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Endogenous multiplication
(gcide) | Endogenous \En*dog"e*nous\, a.
1. (Bot.) Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the
summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction
of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the
cornstalk.
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2. (Biol.) Originating from within; increasing by internal
growth.
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Endogenous multiplication (Biol.), a method of cell
formation, seen in cells having a cell wall. The nucleus
and protoplasm divide into two distinct masses; these in
turn become divided and subdivided, each division becoming
a new cell, until finally the original cell wall is
ruptured and the new cells are liberated (see
Segmentation, and Illust. of Cell Division, under
Division). This mode of growth is characteristic of many
forms of cells, both animal and vegetable.
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Equimultiple
(gcide) | Equimultiple \E`qui*mul"ti*ple\, a. [Equi- + multiple: cf. F.
['e]quimultiple.]
Multiplied by the same number or quantity.
[1913 Webster]Equimultiple \E`qui*mul"ti*ple\, n. (Math.)
One of the products arising from the multiplication of two or
more quantities by the same number or quantity. Thus, seven
times 2, or 14, and seven times 4, or 28, are equimultiples
of 2 and 4.
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in multiple
(gcide) | Parallel \Par"al*lel\, n.
1. A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant
from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.
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Who made the spider parallels design,
Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line ? --Pope.
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2. Direction conformable to that of another line,
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Lines that from their parallel decline. --Garth.
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3. Conformity continued through many particulars or in all
essential points; resemblance; similarity.
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Twixt earthly females and the moon
All parallels exactly run. --Swift.
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4. A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as,
Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.
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5. Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential
particulars; a counterpart.
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None but thyself can be thy parallel. --Pope.
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6. (Geog.) One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the
earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude;
also, the corresponding line on a globe or map; as, the
counry was divided into North and South at the 38th
parallel.
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7. (Mil.) One of a series of long trenches constructed before
a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover
for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are
roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the
fortress.
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8. (Print.) A character consisting of two parallel vertical
lines (thus, ) used in the text to direct attention to a
similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a
page.
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9. (Elec.) That arrangement of an electrical system in which
all positive poles, electrodes, terminals, etc., are
joined to one conductor, and all negative poles, etc., to
another conductor; -- called also multiple. Opposed to
series.
Note: Parts of a system so arranged are said to be
in parallel or
in multiple.
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Limiting parallels. See under Limit, v. t.
Parallel of altitude (Astron.), one of the small circles of
the sphere, parallel to the horizon; an almucantar.
Parallel of declination (Astron.), one of the small circles
of the sphere, parallel to the equator.
Parallel of latitude.
(a) (Geog.) See def. 6. above.
(b) (Astron.) One of the small circles of the sphere,
parallel to the ecliptic.
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Law of multiple proportion
(gcide) | Multiple \Mul"ti*ple\, a. [Cf. F. multiple, and E. quadruple,
and multiply.]
Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of
more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several,
or many, parts.
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Law of multiple proportion (Chem.), the generalization that
when the same elements unite in more than one proportion,
forming two or more different compounds, the higher
proportions of the elements in such compounds are simple
multiples of the lowest proportion, or the proportions are
connected by some simple common factor; thus, iron and
oxygen unite in the proportions FeO, Fe2O3, Fe3O4,
in which compounds, considering the oxygen, 3 and 4 are
simple multiplies of 1. Called also the Law of Dalton or
Dalton's Law, from its discoverer.
Multiple algebra, a branch of advanced mathematics that
treats of operations upon units compounded of two or more
unlike units.
Multiple conjugation (Biol.), a coalescence of many cells
(as where an indefinite number of amoeboid cells flow
together into a single mass) from which conjugation proper
and even fertilization may have been evolved.
Multiple fruits. (Bot.) See Collective fruit, under
Collective.
Multiple star (Astron.), several stars in close proximity,
which appear to form a single system.
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least common multiple
(gcide) | Multiple \Mul"ti*ple\, n. (Math.)
A quantity containing another quantity an integral number of
times without a remainder.
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Note: A
common multiple of two or more numbers contains each of
them a number of times exactly; thus, 24 is a common
multiple of 3 and 4. The
least common multiple is the smallest number that will do
this; thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 3 and 4
(abbreviated LCM).
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Mirabilis multiflora
(gcide) | maravilla \maravilla\ n.
1. A wildflower (Mirabilis multiflora) having vibrant deep
pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and
desert areas from Southern California to Southern Colorado
and into Mexico.
Syn: desert four o'clock, Colorado four o'clock, {Mirabilis
multiflora}.
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2. A leafy wildflower (Mirabilis longiflora) having
fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped
flowers; found in the Southwestern US and Northern Mexico.
Syn: sweet four o'clock, Mirabilis longiflora.
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Morus multicaulis
(gcide) | Morus \Mo"rus\, n. [L., mulberry tree. See Mulberry.] (Bot.)
A genus of trees, some species of which produce edible fruit;
the mulberry. See Mulberry.
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Note:
Morus alba is the white mulberry, a native of India or
China, the leaves of which are extensively used for
feeding silkworms, for which it furnishes the chief food.
Morus multicaulis, the many-stemmed or Chinese mulberry, is
only a form of white mulberry, preferred on account of its
more abundant leaves.
Morus nigra, the black mulberry, produces a dark-colored
fruit, of an agreeable flavor.
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motley multicolor culticolour multicolored multicoloured painted particolored particoloured piebald pied varicolored varicoloured
(gcide) | colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
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2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
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3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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multi
(gcide) | Many \Ma"ny\, a. & pron.
Note: [It has no variation to express degrees of comparison;
more and most, which are used for the comparative and
superlative degrees, are from a different root.] [OE.
mani, moni, AS. manig, m[ae]nig, monig; akin to D.
menig, OS. & OHG. manag, G. manch, Dan. mange, Sw.
m[*a]nge, Goth. manags, OSlav. mnog', Russ. mnogii; cf.
Icel. margr, Prov. E. mort. [root]103.]
Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.
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Thou shalt be a father of many nations. --Gen. xvii.
4.
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Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not
many noble, are called. --1 Cor. i.
26.
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Note: Many is freely prefixed to participles, forming
compounds which need no special explanation; as,
many-angled, many-celled, many-eyed, many-footed,
many-handed, many-leaved, many-lettered, many-named,
many-peopled, many-petaled, many-seeded, many-syllabled
(polysyllabic), many-tongued, many-voiced, many-wived,
and the like. In such usage it is equivalent to
multi. Comparison is often expressed by many with as
or so. "As many as were willing hearted . . . brought
bracelets." --Exod. xxxv. 22. "So many laws argue so
many sins." --Milton. Many stands with a singular
substantive with a or an.
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Many a, a large number taken distributively; each one of
many. "For thy sake have I shed many a tear." --Shak.
"Full many a gem of purest ray serene." --Gray.
Many one, many a one; many persons. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.
The many, the majority; -- opposed to the few. See
Many, n.
Too many, too numerous; hence, too powerful; as, they are
too many for us. --L'Estrange.
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Syn: Numerous; multiplied; frequent; manifold; various;
divers; sundry.
[1913 Webster]Multi- \Mul"ti-\, Mult- \Mult-\ [L. multus much.]
A prefix signifying much or many; several; more than one; as,
multiaxial, multocular.
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Multiaxial
(gcide) | Multiaxial \Mul`ti*ax"i*al\, a. [Multi- + axial.] (Biol.)
Having more than one axis; developing in more than a single
line or plain; -- opposed to monoaxial.
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Multicapsular
(gcide) | Multicapsular \Mul`ti*cap"su*lar\, a. [Multi- + capsular: cf. F.
multicapsulaire.] (Bot.)
Having many, or several, capsules.
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Multicarinate
(gcide) | Multicarinate \Mul`ti*car"i*nate\, a. [Multi- + carinate.]
(Zool.)
Many-keeled.
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Multicavous
(gcide) | Multicavous \Mul`ti*ca"vous\, a. [L. multicavus; multus much,
many + cavum, cavus, a cavity, hole, fr. cavus hollow.]
Having many cavities.
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Multicellular
(gcide) | Multicellular \Mul`ti*cel"lu*lar\, a.
Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell.
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Multicentral
(gcide) | Multicentral \Mul`ti*cen"tral\, a. [Multi- + central.]
Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell.
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Multicentral development (Biol.), growth, or development,
from several centers. According as the insubordination to
a single center is more or less pronounced, the resultant
organism will be more or less irregular in form and may
even become discontinuous.
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Multicentral development
(gcide) | Multicentral \Mul`ti*cen"tral\, a. [Multi- + central.]
Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell.
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Multicentral development (Biol.), growth, or development,
from several centers. According as the insubordination to
a single center is more or less pronounced, the resultant
organism will be more or less irregular in form and may
even become discontinuous.
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Multicipital
(gcide) | Multicipital \Mul`ti*cip"i*tal\, a. [Multi- + L. caput head.]
(Bot.)
Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root.
--Gray.
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Multicolor
(gcide) | Multicolor \Mul"ti*col`or\, a. [See Multi-, and Color.]
Having many, or several, colors.
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Multicostate
(gcide) | Multicostate \Mul`ti*cos"tate\, a. [Multi- + costate.]
Having numerous ribs, or costae, as the leaf of a plant, or
as certain shells and corals.
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Multicuspid
(gcide) | Multicuspid \Mul`ti*cus"pid\, a. [See Multi-, and Cuspid.]
Multicuspidate; -- said of teeth.
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Multicuspidate
(gcide) | Multicuspidate \Mul`ti*cus"pi*date\, a. [Multi- + cuspidate.]
Having many cusps or points.
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Multidentate
(gcide) | Multidentate \Mul`ti*den"tate\, a. [Multi- + dentate.]
Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.
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Multidigitate
(gcide) | Multidigitate \Mul`ti*dig"i*tate\, a. [Multi- + digitate.]
Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes.
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Multifaced
(gcide) | Multifaced \Mul"ti*faced`\, a. [Multi- + face.]
Having many faces.
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Multifarious
(gcide) | Multifarious \Mul`ti*fa"ri*ous\, a. [L. multifarius; multus
much, many. Cf. Bifarious.]
1. Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of
various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing
parts; manifold.
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There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of
the meanest animal. --Dr. H. More.
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2. (Bot.) Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical
rows.
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Multifariously
(gcide) | Multifariously \Mul`ti*fa"ri*ous*ly\, adv.
With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes
and relations.
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Multifariousness
(gcide) | Multifariousness \Mul`ti*fa"ri*ous*ness\, n.
1. Multiplied diversity.
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2. (Law) The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct
and independent matters, and thereby confounding them.
--Burrill.
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Multiferous
(gcide) | Multiferous \Mul*tif"er*ous\, a. [L. multifer; multus much, many
+ ferre to bear.]
Bearing or producing much or many. [R.]
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Multifid
(gcide) | Multifid \Mul"ti*fid\, a. [L. multifidus; multus much, many +
findere to split: cf. F. multifide.] (Bot.)
Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear
sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla.
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Multiflorous
(gcide) | Multiflorous \Mul`ti*flo"rous\, a. [L. multiflorus; multus much,
many + flos, floris, flower: cf. F. multiflore.] (Bot.)
Having many flowers.
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Multiflue
(gcide) | Multiflue \Mul"ti*flue\ (m[u^]l"t[i^]*fl[=u]), a. [Multi- +
flue.]
Having many flues; as, a multiflue boiler. See Boiler.
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Multiflue boiler
(gcide) | Boiler \Boil"er\, n.
1. One who boils.
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2. A vessel in which any thing is boiled.
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Note: The word boiler is a generic term covering a great
variety of kettles, saucepans, clothes boilers,
evaporators, coppers, retorts, etc.
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3. (Mech.) A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron
plates riveted together, or a composite structure
variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving
engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes.
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Note: The earliest steam boilers were usually spheres or
sections of spheres, heated wholly from the outside.
Watt used the wagon boiler (shaped like the top of a
covered wagon) which is still used with low pressures.
Most of the boilers in present use may be classified as
plain cylinder boilers, flue boilers, sectional and
tubular boilers.
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Barrel of a boiler, the cylindrical part containing the
flues.
Boiler plate, Boiler iron, plate or rolled iron of about
a quarter to a half inch in thickness, used for making
boilers and tanks, for covering ships, etc.
Cylinder boiler, one which consists of a single iron
cylinder.
Flue boilers are usually single shells containing a small
number of large flues, through which the heat either
passes from the fire or returns to the chimney, and
sometimes containing a fire box inclosed by water.
Locomotive boiler, a boiler which contains an inclosed fire
box and a large number of small flues leading to the
chimney.
Multiflue boiler. Same as Tubular boiler, below.
Sectional boiler, a boiler composed of a number of
sections, which are usually of small capacity and similar
to, and connected with, each other. By multiplication of
the sections a boiler of any desired capacity can be built
up.
Tubular boiler, a boiler containing tubes which form flues,
and are surrounded by the water contained in the boiler.
See Illust. of Steam boiler, under Steam.
Tubulous boiler. See under Tubulous. See Tube, n., 6,
and 1st Flue.
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Multifoil
(gcide) | Multifoil \Mul"ti*foil\ (m[u^]l"t[i^]*foil), n. [Multi- + foil.]
(Arch.)
An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five
divisions or foils. [R.] See Foil.
[1913 Webster]Multifoil \Mul"ti*foil\, a.
Having more than five divisions or foils.
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Multifold
(gcide) | Multifold \Mul"ti*fold\ (m[u^]l"t[i^]*f[=o]ld), a. [Multi- +
fold.]
Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.
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Multiform
(gcide) | Multiform \Mul"ti*form\ (m[u^]l"t[i^]*f[^o]rm), a. [L.
multiformis; multus much, many + forma shape: cf. F.
multiforme.]
Having many forms, shapes, or appearances.
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A plastic and multiform unit. --Hare.
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Multiformity
(gcide) | Multiformity \Mul`ti*form"i*ty\, n. [L. multiformitas.]
The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms; variety
of appearances in the same thing. --Purchas.
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Multiformous
(gcide) | Multiformous \Mul`ti*form"ous\, a.
Multiform. [Obs.]
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Multigenerous
(gcide) | Multigenerous \Mul`ti*gen"er*ous\, a. [L. multigenerus; multus +
genus, generis, kind.]
Having many kinds.
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Multigranulate
(gcide) | Multigranulate \Mul`ti*gran"u*late\, a. [Multi- + granulate.]
Having, or consisting of, many grains.
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Multigraph
(gcide) | Multigraph \Mul"ti*graph\, n. [Multi- + -graph.]
A combined rotary type-setting and printing machine for
office use. The type is transferred semi-automatically by
means of keys from a type-supply drum to a printing drum. The
printing may be done by means of an inked ribbon to print
"typewritten" letters, or directly from inked type or a
stereotype plate, as in a printing press.
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Multijugate
(gcide) | Multijugate \Mul*tij"u*gate\, a.
Having many pairs of leaflets.
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Multijugous
(gcide) | Multijugous \Mul*tij"u*gous\, a. [L. multijugus; multus + jugum
yoke.]
1. Consisting of many parts.
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2. (Bot.) Same as Multijugate.
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Multilateral
(gcide) | Multilateral \Mul`ti*lat"er*al\, a. [Multi- + lateral.]
Having many sides; many-sided.
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Multilineal
(gcide) | Multilineal \Mul`ti*lin"e*al\, a. [Multi- + lineal.]
Having many lines. --Steevens.
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Multilobar
(gcide) | Multilobar \Mul`ti*lo"bar\, a. [Multi- + lobar.]
Consisting of, or having, many lobes.
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Multilocular
(gcide) | Multilocular \Mul`ti*loc"u*lar\, a. [Multi- + locular: cf. F.
multiloculaire.]
Having many or several cells or compartments; as, a
multilocular shell or capsule.
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Multiloquence
(gcide) | Multiloquence \Mul*til"o*quence\, n.
Quality of being multiloquent; use of many words;
talkativeness.
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Multiloquent
(gcide) | Multiloquent \Mul*til"o*quent\, Multiloquous \Mul*til"o*quous\,
a. [L. multiloquus; multus much, many + loqui to speak.]
Speaking much; very talkative; loquacious.
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Multiloquous
(gcide) | Multiloquent \Mul*til"o*quent\, Multiloquous \Mul*til"o*quous\,
a. [L. multiloquus; multus much, many + loqui to speak.]
Speaking much; very talkative; loquacious.
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Multiloquy
(gcide) | Multiloquy \Mul*til"o*quy\, n. [L. multiloquium.]
Excess of words or talk. [R.]
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Multinodate
(gcide) | Multinodate \Mul`ti*no"date\, a. [Multi- + nodate.]
Having many knots or nodes.
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Multinodous
(gcide) | Multinodous \Mul`ti*no"dous\, a. [L. multinodus.]
Same as Multinodate.
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