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multiplicity

Pronunciation:  `multu'plisitee

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the property of being multiple
  2. [n]  a large number
 
 Synonyms: numerosity, numerousness
 
 See Also: figure, magnitude, multitudinousness, number

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mul`ti*plic"ity\, n. [Cf. F. multiplicit['e].]
The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state
of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or
objects. ``A multiplicity of goods.'' --South.

 
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