multiplicity

multiplicity

English

Noun

multiplicity (plural multiplicities)

1. The state of being made of multiple diverse elements.
2. (mathematics) The number of values for which a given condition holds.
3. A large indeterminate number.
   • 1659, Pearson, John, “Article IV”, in An Exposition of the Creed, 5th edition, published 1683, page 189:

     The coronary Thorns did not only express the scorn of the imposers, by that figure into which they were contrived; but did also pierce his tender and sacred temples to a multiplicity of pains, by their numerous acuminations.

4. (software engineering, UML) The number of instances that can occur on a given end of a relationship, including 0..1, 1, 0..* or *, and 1..*.

Synonyms

• (state of being made of multiple elements): manifoldness, manyness; see also Thesaurus:manyness
• (large indeterminate number): buttload, deal, load; see also Thesaurus:lot

Translations

the state of being made of multiple diverse elements

French: multiplicité (fr) f German: Multiplizität f Greek: πολλαπλότητα (el) f (pollaplótita) Italian: molteplicità (it) f Latin: multiplicitas f

Manx: yl-raght f Portuguese: multiplicidade (pt) f Romanian: multiplicitate (ro) f Spanish: multiplicidad f Swedish: mångfald (sv), multiplicitet (sv)

mathematics: the number of values for which a given condition holds

Hebrew: רִבּוּי‎ m

Italian: molteplicità (it) f

a large indeterminate number

French: multiplicité (fr) Greek: πλήθος (el) n (plíthos)

Italian: molteplicità (it) f

translations to be checked

Spanish: (please verify) multiplicidad f

Vietnamese: (please verify) vô cùng (vi)

See also

• cardinality