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multiplicity

[ muhl-tuh-plis-i-tee ]

noun

, plural mul·ti·plic·i·ties.
  1. a large number or variety:

    a multiplicity of errors.

  2. the state of being multiplex or manifold; manifold variety.


multiplicity

/ ˌmʌltɪˈplɪsɪtɪ /

noun

  1. a large number or great variety
  2. the state of being multiple
  3. physics
    1. the number of levels into which the energy of an atom, molecule, or nucleus splits as a result of coupling between orbital angular momentum and spin angular momentum
    2. the number of elementary particles in a multiplet


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Word History and Origins

Origin of multiplicity1

1580–90; < Late Latin multiplicitās, equivalent to multiplic- (stem of multiplex ) multiplex + -itās -ity

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Example Sentences

A cynic might say that the report is like the movie Clue, perfectly set up for a multiplicity of endings.

I try to create a multiplicity of experiences within the works so that I can hit the viewer on a variety of levels.

Historically the contradictory pressures exerted by the multiplicity of parties has not been good for Israel.

They vote on a multiplicity of concerns, of which Israel is a part, but hardly, for most of them, the determining factor.

From this multiplicity of voices Williams constructs a beautifully harmonious and satisfyingly substantial whole.

The problem is a highly complicated one, and no doubt many causes have to do with the multiplicity of effects.

When for the first time Intelligence contemplated the Good, this its contemplation split the Good's unity into multiplicity.

The multiplicity of the intelligences implies therefore a difference between them.107 But how does each differ from the others?

But (in the Divinity) (these three, choice, being and will) do not form a multiplicity; they must be considered as having fused.

If we are to study the world from the standpoint of forms, our study will be almost endless in its multiplicity.

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