Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
MULTIPLE
multiple
(adjective) 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
(noun) the product of a quantity by an integer; “36 is a multiple of 9”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
multiple (not comparable)
More than one (followed by plural).
Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).
Synonyms
• (more than one): manifold, many, morefold, several; see also manifold
• plural
Antonyms
• (many): paucal (rare)
Noun
multiple (plural multiples)
(mathematics) A whole number that can be divided by another number with no remainder.
• 14, 21 and 70 are multiples of 7
(finance) Price-earnings ratio.
One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
A single individual who has multiple personalities.
One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.
A chain store.
A discovery resulting from the work of many people throughout history, not merely the work of the person who makes the final connection.
Anagrams
• pull time
Source: Wiktionary
Mul"ti*ple, a. Etym: [Cf. F. multiple, and E. quadruple, and multiply.]
Definition: Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts. Law of multiple proportion (Chem.), the generalization that when the same elements unite in more than one proportion, forming two or more different compounds, the higher proportions of the elements in such compounds are simple multiplies of the lowest proportion, or the proportions are connected by some simple common factor; thus, iron and oxygen unite in the proportions FeO, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, in which compounds, considering the oxygen, 3 and 4 are simple multiplies of 1. Called also the Law of Dalton, from its discoverer.
– Multiple algebra, a branch of advanced mathematics that treats of operations upon units compounded of two or more unlike units.
– Multiple conjugation (Biol.), a coalescence of many cells (as where an indefinite number of amoeboid cells flow together into a single mass) from which conjugation proper and even fertilization may have been evolved.
– Multiple fruits. (Bot.) See Collective fruit, under Collective.
– Multiple star (Astron.), several stars in close proximity, which appear to form a single system.
Mul"ti*ple, n. (Math.)
Definition: A quantity containing another quantity a number of times without a remainder.
Note: A common multiple of two or more numbers contains each of them a number of times exactly; thus, 24 is a common multiple of 3 and 4. The least common multiple is the least number that will do this; thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 3 and 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CHRONIC
(adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; “chronic indigestion”; “a chronic shortage of funds”; “a chronic invalid”
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