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Multiplicity

The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects.

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Magnitude 76% connected

Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have length, breath, and thickness.

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Number 76% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Legion 74% connected

A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- t…

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Legion 74% connected

A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- t…

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Multiple 74% connected

Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts.

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Multiple 74% connected

Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts.

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Few 66% connected

Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a n…

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Few 66% connected

Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a n…

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Many 66% connected

A retinue of servants; a household.

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Many 66% connected

A retinue of servants; a household.

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Numerosity 92% connected

The state of being numerous; numerousness.

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Addition noun · 78% connection

a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a perio…

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Assurance noun · 78% connection

freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that fa…

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Authority noun · 78% connection

freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that fa…

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Average adjective · 78% connection

relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even numbe…

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Beggarly adjective · 78% connection

(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

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Centile noun · 78% connection

(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of…

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Confidence noun · 78% connection

freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that fa…

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Declination noun · 78% connection

a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

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Decline noun · 78% connection

a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

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Decrease verb · 78% connection

decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell drama…

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Diminish verb · 78% connection

decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell drama…

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Distribution noun · 78% connection

the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer

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Effect noun · 78% connection

an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in h…

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Frequency noun · 78% connection

the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations

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Growth noun · 78% connection

a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture"

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Incidence noun · 78% connection

the relative frequency of occurrence of something

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Increase noun · 78% connection

a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a perio…

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Mean adjective · 78% connection

(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

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Words connected by meaning

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Aside adverb · 78% connection

Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: multiple, manifold, various, many, multitude.
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Carbohydrate noun · 78% connection

One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: multiple, manifold, various, many, multitude.
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Common multiple noun · 78% connection

an integer that is a multiple of two or more other integers

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Concurrency noun · 78% connection

Handling more than one task at the same time or in overlapping steps.

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Copygraph noun · 78% connection

A contrivance for producing manifold copies of a writing or drawing.

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Cyclostyle noun · 78% connection

A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel…

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Dalton's law noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) law stating that when two elements can combine to form more than one compound the amounts of one of them that combines wit…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: multiple, manifold, various, many, multitude.
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Dream noun · 78% connection

The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: multiple, manifold, various, many, multitude.
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Evolution noun · 78% connection

That series of changes under natural law which involves continuous progress from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous in structure, an…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: multiple, manifold, various, many, multitude.
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Heavenlyminded adjective · 78% connection

Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: multiple, manifold, various, many, multitude.
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Heteroploid noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that speci…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: multiple, manifold, various, many, multitude.
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Integration noun · 78% connection

In the theory of evolution: The process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent. It is supposed to…

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