Multiplicity

Quick meaning: Multiplicity is a noun meaning The state of being made of multiple diverse elements.

Meaning

The state of being made of multiple diverse elements.

More Meanings

1. A large indeterminate number.
2. (mathematics) The number of values for which a given condition holds.
3. (software engineering, UML) The number of instances that can occur on a given end of a relationship.
4. (statistical mechanics) The number of microstates associated with a given macrostate.
5. (psychology) The condition whereby a person displays or experiences multiple distinct personalities or selves in one body.

Example Sentences

... the maximum-entropy (maxent) solution is the one which occurs with greatest multiplicity.

The combined events — the negotiations and the benefit — were a major step in addressing the multiplicity of concerns the group had been talking about for all those years at Doyles.

In short , we are not replacing the old idea that “entropy is the logarithm of the multiplicity (times Boltzmann's constant). ” Rather , we are retaining that idea but are generalizing the notion of multiplicity.

They saddled themselves with the handling of light flows on a multiplicity of branch lines, and they sacrificed the speed, reliability and low cost of through train operation, even over the main arteries of the system.

Word Forms

• multiplicities

Synonyms for multiplicity

Depending on context, synonyms include manifoldness, manyhood, manyness, morefold, multeity, multipleness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include numerosity, numerousness, multiple, manifold, plurality, duplication.

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