Webster's Dictionary 1913

5698

Multipresent

Mul′ti‐pres″ent (?), a. [Multi- + present, a.] Being, or having the power to be, present in two or more places at once.

5699

Multiradiate

Mul′ti‐ra″di‐ate (?), a. [Multi- + radiate.] Having many rays.

5700

Multiramified

Mul′ti‐ram″i‐fied (?), a. [Multi- + p. p. of ramify.] Divided into many branches.

5701

Multiramose

Mul′ti‐ra‐mose″ (?), a. [Multi- + ramose.] Having many branches.

5702

Multiscious

Mul‐tis″cious (?), a. [L. multiscius; multus much + scius knowing, fr. scire to know.] Having much or varied knowledge.

5703

Multisect

Mul″ti‐sect (?), a. [Multi- + L. sectus, p. p. of secare to cut.] (Zoöl.) Divided into many similar segments; — said of an insect or myriapod.

5704

Multiseptate

Mul′ti‐sep″tate (?), a. [Multi- + septate.] (Bot.) Divided into many chambers by partitions, as the pith of the pokeweed.

5705

Multiserial

Mul′ti‐se″ri‐al (?), a. [Multi- + serial.] (Bot.) Arranged in many rows, or series, as the scales of a pine cone, or the leaves of the houseleek.

5706

Multisiliquous

Mul′ti‐sil″i‐quous (?), a. [Multi- + siliquious.] (Bot.) Having many pods or seed vessels.

5707

Multisonous

Mul‐tis″o‐nous (?), a. [L. multisonus; multus much, many + sonus sound.] Having many sounds, or sounding much.

5708

Multispiral

Mul′ti‐spi″ral (?), a. [Multi- + spiral.] (Zoöl.) Having numerous spiral coils round a center or nucleus; — said of the opercula of certain shells.

5709

Multistriate

Mul′ti‐stri″ate (?), a. [Multi- + striate.] Having many streaks.

5710

Multisulcate

Mul′ti‐sul″cate (?), a. [Multi- + sulcate.] Having many furrows.

5711

Multisyllable

Mul″ti‐syl′la‐ble (?), n. [Multi- + syllable.] A word of many syllables; a polysyllable. — Mul′ti‐syl‐lab″ic (#), a.

5712

Multititular

Mul′ti‐tit″u‐lar (?), a. [Multi- + titular.] Having many titles.

5713

Multitubular

Mul′ti‐tu″bu‐lar (?), a. [Multi- + tubular.] Having many tubes; as, a multitubular boiler.

5714

Multitude

Mul″ti‐tude (?), n. [F. multitude, L. multitudo, multitudinis, fr. multus much, many; of unknown origin.] 1. A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection ...

5715

Multitudinary

Mul′ti‐tu″di‐na‐ry (?), a. Multitudinous.

5716

Multitudinous

Mul′ti‐tu″di‐nous (?), a. 1. Consisting of a multitude; manifold in number or condition; as, multitudinous waves. “The multitudinous seas.” Shak.A renewed jingling of multitudin...

5717

Multivagant

{ Mul‐tiv″a‐gant (?), Mul‐tiv″a‐gous (?), } a. [L. multivagus; multus much + vagus wandering; cf. vagans, p. pr. of vagari. See Vagary.] Wandering much.

5718

Multivalence

Mul‐tiv″a‐lence (?), n.(Chem.) Quality, state, or degree, of a multivalent element, atom, or radical.

5719

Multivalent

Mul‐tiv″a‐lent (?), a. [Multi- + L. valens, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.) (a) Having a valence greater than one, as silicon. (b) Having more than one degree of valence, as sulphur.

5720

Multivalve

Mul″ti‐valve (?), n. [Cf. F. multivalve.] (Zoöl.) Any mollusk which has a shell composed of more than two pieces.

5721

Multivalve (2)

{ Mul″ti‐valve (?), Mul′ti‐val″vu‐lar (?), } a. [Multi- + valve, valvular: cf. F. multivalve.] 1. Having many valves.2. (Zoöl.) Many-valved; having more than two valves; — said ...

5722

Multiversant

Mul‐tiv″er‐sant (?), a. [Multi- + L. versans, p. pr. See Versant.] Turning into many shapes; assuming many forms; protean.

5723

Multivious

Mul‐tiv″i‐ous (?), a. & adv. [L. multivius; multus many + via way.] Having many ways or roads; by many ways.

5724

Multivocal

Mul‐tiv″o‐cal (?), a. [Multi- + vocal.] Signifying many different things; of manifold meaning; equivocal. “An ambiguous multivocal word.” Coleridge.— n. A multivocal word. Fitze...