Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Involving, or controlled by multiple factors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Involving multiple genetic or environmental factors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
A generalization of a factorial in which each element to be multiplied differs from the next by an integer (e.g. n(n-3)(n-6)(n-9)...).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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adjective satellite
involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English factor Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English factorial English multifactorial From multi- + factorial.
Across languages
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