[mul.ti.ple] adj [F, fr. L multiplex, fr. multi- + -plex -fold--more at -fold] (1647) 1: consisting of, including, or involving more than one "~ births"
2: many, manifold "~ achievements"
3: shared by many "~ ownership"
4: having numerous aspects or functions: various
5: being a group of terminals which make a circuit available at a number of points
6: formed by coalescence of the ripening ovaries of several flowers "a ~ fruit"
[2]multiple n (1685) 1 a: the product of a quantity by an integer "35 is a ~ of 7" b: something in units of more than one or two
2: parallel 4b 3 chiefly Brit: chain store