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Multiple vs Multipole - What's the difference?

multiple | multipole |

As nouns the difference between multiple and multipole

is that multiple is a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder while multipole is any of a several forms of static or oscillating distributions of charge or magnetization.

As an adjective multiple

is having more than one element, part, component, or function, particularly many.

multiple

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having more than one element, part, component, or function, particularly many.
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    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Antonyms

    * (many) (l) (rare)

    Derived terms

    * Law of multiple proportion (Law of Dalton) * multiple algebra * multiple conjugation * multiple exposure * multiple fruits * multiple orgasm * multiple star

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A number that may be divided by another number with no remainder.
  • * 14, 21 and 70 are multiples of 7
  • (finance) Price-earnings ratio.
  • One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
  • A single individual who has multiple personalities.
  • * 2010 , Ann M. Garvey, Ann's Multiple World of Personality: Regular No Cream, No Sugar
  • I had seen its first show when it was a freebie, but I thought it made multiples in general look silly – no one changes clothes THAT much!
  • * 2000 , Henk Driessen, ?Ton Otto, Perplexities of identification (page 115)
  • Non-abused multiples have no need of doctors, and they have carved out a foothold of their own from where they speak confidently about their utopian vision of a multiple world.

    Derived terms

    * common multiple * least common multiple

    multipole

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) Any of a several forms of static or oscillating distributions of charge or magnetization
  • See also

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