a. [ Equi- + multiple: cf. F. équimultiple. ] Multiplied by the same number or quantity. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ . [ L. multus much. ] A prefix signifying much or many; several; more than one; as, multiaxial, multocular. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + axial. ] (Biol.) Having more than one axis; developing in more than a single line or plain; -- opposed to monoaxial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + capsular: cf. F. multicapsulaire. ] (Bot.) Having many, or several, capsules. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + carinate. ] (Zool.) Many-keeled. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. multicavus; multus much, many + cavum, cavus, a cavity, hole, fr. cavus hollow. ] Having many cavities. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + central. ] Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + L. caput head. ] (Bot.) Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Multi-, and Color. ] Having many, or several, colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + costate. ] Having numerous ribs, or costae, as the leaf of a plant, or as certain shells and corals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Multi-, and Cuspid. ] Multicuspidate; -- said of teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + cuspidate. ] Having many cusps or points. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + dentate. ] Having many teeth, or toothlike processes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + digitate. ] Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + face. ] Having many faces. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of the meanest animal. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical rows. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Multiplied diversity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. multifer; multus much, many + ferre to bear. ] Bearing or producing much or many. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. multiflorus; multus much, many + flos, floris, flower: cf. F. multiflore. ] (Bot.) Having many flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + flue. ] Having many flues; as, a multiflue boiler. See Boiler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having more than five divisions or foils. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Multi- + foil. ] (Arch.) An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils. [ R. ] See Foil. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + fold. ] Many times doubled; manifold; numerous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. multiformis; multus much, many + forma shape: cf. F. multiforme. ] Having many forms, shapes, or appearances. [ 1913 Webster ]

A plastic and multiform unit. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. multiformitas. ] The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms; variety of appearances in the same thing. Purchas. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Multiform. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. multigenerus; multus + genus, generis, kind. ] Having many kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + granulate. ] Having, or consisting of, many grains. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having many pairs of leaflets. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. multijugus; multus + jugum yoke. ] 1. Consisting of many parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Same as Multijugate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + lateral. ] Having many sides; many-sided. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + lineal. ] Having many lines. Steevens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + lobar. ] Consisting of, or having, many lobes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + locular: cf. F. multiloculaire. ] Having many or several cells or compartments; as, a multilocular shell or capsule. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being multiloquent; use of many words; talkativeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. multiloquus; multus much, many + loqui to speak. ] Speaking much; very talkative; loquacious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. multiloquium. ] Excess of words or talk. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + nodate. ] Having many knots or nodes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. multinodus. ] Same as Multinodate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & a. [ Multi- + -nomial, as in binomial. See Binomial. ] (Alg.) Same as Polynomial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Math.) Polynomial. [ R. ] [ PJC ]

{ } a. [ L. multinominis; multus many + nomen nominis name. ] Having many names or terms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + nuclear. ] (Biol.) Containing many nuclei; as, multinuclear cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Biol.) Multinuclear. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + L. parere to produce: cf. F. multipare. ] Producing many, or more than one, at a birth. [ 1913 Webster ]