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Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of morethan one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many,parts. Law of multiple proportion (Chem.), the generalization thatwhen the same elements unite in more than one proportion, forming twoor more different compounds, the higher proportions of the elementsin such compounds are simple multiplies of the lowest proportion, orthe proportions are connected by some simple common factor; thus,iron and oxygen unite in the proportions FeO, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, in whichcompounds, considering the oxygen, 3 and 4 are simple multiplies of1. Called also the Law of Dalton, from its discoverer.-- Multiple algebra, a branch of advanced mathematics that treats ofoperations upon units compounded of two or more unlike units.-- Multiple conjugation (Biol.), a coalescence of many cells (aswhere an indefinite number of amoeboid cells flow together into asingle mass) from which conjugation proper and even fertilization mayhave been evolved.-- Multiple fruits. (Bot.) See Collective fruit, under Collective.-- Multiple star (Astron.), several stars in close proximity, whichappear to form a single system.