What does MULTIPLICITY mean?
Definitions for MULTIPLICITY
ˌmʌl təˈplɪs ɪ timul·ti·plic·i·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
multiplicitynoun
the property of being multiple
numerousness, numerosity, multiplicitynoun
a large number
Wiktionary
multiplicitynoun
the state of being made of multiple diverse elements
multiplicitynoun
the number of values for which a given condition holds
multiplicitynoun
a large indeterminate number
multiplicitynoun
The number of instances that can occur on a given end of a relationship, including 0..1, 1, 0..* or *, and 1..*.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Multiplicitynoun
Etymology: multiplicité, French.
Had they discoursed rightly but upon this one principle, that God was a being infinitely perfect, they could never have asserted a multiplicity of gods: for, can one God include in him all perfection, and another God include in him all perfections too? Can there be any more than all? And if this all be in one, can it be also in another? Robert South, Sermons.
Company, he thinks, lessens the shame of vice, by sharing it; and abates the torrent of a common odium, by deriving it into many channels; and therefore if he cannot wholly avoid the eye of the observer, he hopes to distract it at least by a multiplicity of the object. Robert South, Sermons.
You equal John Donne in the variety, multiplicity, and choice of thoughts. John Dryden, Juvenal. Dedication to.
ChatGPT
multiplicity
Multiplicity, in a general sense, refers to the quality of having multiple, numerous or a variety of parts, layers, elements, aspects, instances or occurrences. It indicates the state or condition of being manifold or diverse. However, its specific definition can vary across different fields such as mathematics, physics, biology, computer science, etc.
Webster Dictionary
Multiplicitynoun
the quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects
Etymology: [Cf. F. multiplicit.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of MULTIPLICITY in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of MULTIPLICITY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of MULTIPLICITY in a Sentence
In a free government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in the other in the multiplicity of sects.
The Multiplicity and the Unity are one and the same thing, a thing that is both many and one at the same time. The waves, and the currents underwater, make up the ocean. The ocean is the underlying basis for every wave. Neither the ocean, nor the waves, can be understood in isolation from each other.
For people on the continent who don't necessarily have access to British society I would think a book like 'Girl, Woman, Other' would give them insights into the multiplicity of experiences that we have in the UK.
This is the principle of multiplicity.
Morale in the department at this time is low, there is no getting around that, and it’s low for a multiplicity of reasons.
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