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Webster 1913 Edition


Submultiple

Sub-mul′ti-ple

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Noun.
(Math.)
A number or quality which is contained in another an exact number of times, or is an aliquot part of it; thus, 7 is the submultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times.

Sub-mul′ti-ple

,
Adj.
(Math.)
Of or pertaining to a submultiple; being a submultiple;
as, a
submultiple
number;
submultiple
ratio
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Submultiple

SUBMUL'TIPLE

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Noun.
[See Multiply.] A number or quantity which is contained in another a certain number of times, or is an aliquot part of it. Thus 7 is the submultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times. The word is used as an adjective also; as a submultiple number; submultiple ratio.

Definition 2024


submultiple

submultiple

English

Noun

submultiple (plural submultiples)

  1. (mathematics) An integer that is an exact divisor of another
    7 is a submultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times.

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