multiplicity

/ˌmʌltəˈplɪsɪti/
noun
  1. A large number or great variety of something.
    • The store offers a multiplicity of flavors to choose from.
    • The artist's work shows a multiplicity of styles and influences.
    • There is a multiplicity of reasons why people choose to move to the city.
  2. The state of being many or having many parts.
    • We were amazed by the multiplicity of colors in the sunset.
    • The system's complexity comes from the multiplicity of its components.
    • The multiplicity of voices in the debate made it hard to reach a conclusion.
  3. In mathematics, the number of times a particular value appears as a root of an equation or factor of a polynomial.
    • The equation has a root of multiplicity 2 at x = 3.
    • The graph touches the x-axis at points where the multiplicity is even.
    • When a factor is repeated, we say it has a multiplicity greater than one.
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