English Dictionary

multiple

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmʌltɪpl̩/

名詞

(mathematics) A whole number that can be divided by another number with no remainder. / (finance) Price-earnings ratio. / One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.

日本語の意味

（数学）ある数で割り切れる整数、すなわち倍数 / （金融）株価収益率 / 同一のものの集合の中の一つ、または重複して存在するもの

She checked whether 36 is a multiple of 9 during her homework.

彼女は宿題をしているときに、36が9の倍数かどうかを確かめた。

意味（1）

(mathematics) A whole number that can be divided by another number with no remainder.

14, 21 and 70 are multiples of 7

意味（2）

(finance) Price-earnings ratio.

意味（3）

One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.

One might view this attempt to ensure the scarcity of a multiple as both a marketing ploy and form of elitism.

意味（4）

A single individual who has multiple personalities.

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!

意味（5）

One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.

意味（6）

A chain store.

The big advantage such multiples can offer over a purely catalogue operation is that winners can be given shopping vouchers enabling them to choose from goods on display in the multiples' many outlets (Woolworths, for example, has 1,000).

意味（7）

A discovery resulting from the work of many people throughout history, not merely the work of the person who makes the final connection.

Merton's argument that all scientific discoveries are multiples would seem to contradict the theory of genius […]

multiples （ plural ）