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Webster 1913 Edition

Equimultiple

Eˊqui-mul′ti-ple

,
Adj.
[
Equi-
+
multiple
: cf. F.
équimultiple
.]
Multiplied by the same number or quantity.

Eˊqui-mul′ti-ple

,
Noun.
(Math.)
One of the products arising from the multiplication of two or more quantities by the same number or quantity. Thus, seven times 2, or 14, and seven times 4, or 28, are equimultiples of 2 and 4.

Webster 1828 Edition

Equimultiple

EQUIMUL'TIPLE

,
Adj.
[L. oequus and multiplico or multiplex.]
Multiplied by the same number or quantity.

EQUIMUL'TIPLE

,
Noun.
In arithmetic and geometry, a number multiplied by the same number or quantity. Hence equimultiples are always in the same ratio to each other, as the simple numbers or quantities before multiplication. If 6 and 9 are multiplied by 4, the multiples, 24 and 36, will be to each other as 6 to 9.

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