multiple voting | the act of voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.) |
ball-and-socket joint | a joint that can rotate within a socket |
electric socket | a socket into which a lightbulb can be inserted |
socket | a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted |
socket | receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted |
socket wrench | a wrench with a handle onto which sockets of different sizes can be fitted |
wall socket wall plug electric outlet electrical outlet outlet electric receptacle | receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices |
socket | a bony hollow into which a structure fits |
hip socket | the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone |
eye socket orbit cranial orbit orbital cavity | the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball |
tooth socket alveolus | a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth |
ball-and-socket joint spheroid joint cotyloid joint enarthrodial joint enarthrosis articulatio spheroidea | a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone |
multiple | the product of a quantity by an integer, is a multiple of |
lowest common multiple least common multiple lcm | the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers, the least common multiple of and is |
law of multiple proportions Dalton's law | (chemistry) law stating that when two elements can combine to form more than one compound the amounts of one of them that combines with a fixed amount of the other will exhibit a simple multiple relation |
multiple regression multiple correlation | a statistical technique that predicts values of one variable on the basis of two or more other variables |
multiple correlation coefficient | an estimate of the combined influence of two or more variables on the observed (dependent) variable |
multiple star | a system of three or more stars associated by gravity |
aggregate fruit multiple fruit syncarp | fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry, raspberry, pineapple |
common multiple | an integer that is a multiple of two or more other integers |
multiple sclerosis MS disseminated sclerosis disseminated multiple sclerosis | a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers |
multiple mononeuropathy | pathology of several individual nerve trunks |
multiple myeloma | myeloma that develops in several places at the same time |
alveolitis dry socket | inflammation in the socket of a tooth, sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form |
polyneuritis multiple neuritis | inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy) |
split personality multiple personality | a relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emerge |
multiple | having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual, multiple birth, multiple ownership, made multiple copies of the speech, his multiple achievements in public life, her multiple personalities, a pineapple is a multiple fruit |
multiple-choice | offering several alternative answers from which the correct one is to be chosen, or consisting of such questions, multiple-choice questions, a multiple-choice test |