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multiplicity(dictionary)

multiplicity (iou)



multiplicity noun. LME.
[Late Latin multiplicitas, from Latin multiplic-, MULTIPLEX: see -ICITY.]
The quality or condition of being multiplex or manifold; manifold variety; an instance of this. LME.
A. Storr One of the major obstacles..is his multiplicity of ill-formulated definitions for the same thing. Isaiah Berlin Tolstoy..saw the manifold objects and situations on earth in their full multiplicity.
A large number of; collect. large numbers of; a variety of kinds of. L16.
L. Cody No chin visible under a multiplicity of woolly scarves and collars. W. Raeper One symbol can have a multiplicity of meanings.
Physics. The number of components in a multiplet (that of a spectral line or energy level which is not split being counted as 1). E20.
Medicine. In full multiplicity of infection. The ratio of the number of infective virus particles to the number of susceptible cells. M20.