multiplicity

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The state of being made of multiple diverse elements.

2. 2

   A large indeterminate number.

   • 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.
   • 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.
   • 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.
3. 3

   The number of values for which a given condition holds.

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   1. 4

      The number of instances that can occur on a given end of a relationship.

   2. 5

      The number of microstates associated with a given macrostate.

      • 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.
      • ... the maximum-entropy (maxent) solution is the one which occurs with greatest multiplicity.
   3. 6

      The condition whereby a person displays or experiences multiple distinct personalities or…

      The condition whereby a person displays or experiences multiple distinct personalities or selves in one body.

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