plic-, pli- plect-, plec-, plici-, -plex, -plexity, -plexus, -ple, -pli, -plic, -plicat, -plicit, -plicate, -plication, -ply

(Latin: plicare, plecare, to fold, bend, curve, turn, twine, twist, interweave, weave)


implied
imply
inexplicable
inexplicably
Information: Modern Implications
multiple
1. Involving or including several things, people, or parts.
2. Existing concurrently in several, or numerous, parts of the body.
multiplex
1. A large movie theater complex that has several separate units with screens.
2. The simultaneous transmission of two or more signals along one communications channel.
3. A description of a communications system that can send several messages (signals) over one transmission path at the same time.

In cartography, it refers to a device that projects aerial photographs onto a surface in three dimensions; used to produce topographic maps.

multiplicand
A number that is multiplied by another number (the multiplier).
multiplication
1. A mathematical operation, symbolized by "x", that for integers is equivalent to adding a number to itself a particular number of times: "Three times (x) three equals nine (3 x 3= 9)."
2. A mathematical operation equivalent to multiplication extended to expressions; such as, functions or matrices that are not numbers.
3. A marked increase in number or amount: "There was a multiplication of claims made by people who lost their homes as a result of the hurricane."
4. The act or process of reproduction in animals, plants, people, etc.
multiplicative
1. Tending to multiply or capable of multiplying or increasing.
2. Having to do with multiplication.
multiplicity
1. A considerable number or variety.
2. The state of being multiple or varied.
multiplier
1. Someone, or something, that multiplies or increases.
2. The multiplying number or the number by which another number multiplicand is multiplied; for example, the number 5 is the multiplier in the numerical composition 5 x 6 = 30; in 8 × 32, the multiplier is 8.
3. A device, such as a phototube, used to enhance or increase an effect.
multiply
1. To perform the mathematical operation of multiplication.
2. To increase or make something increase by a considerable number, amount, or degree.
3. To increase in number by breeding.
octuplex
perplex

Inter-related cross references involving word units meaning "bend, curve, turn": diversi-; diverticul-; flect-, flex-; gyro-; meand-; streph-; stroph-; tors-; tropo-; verg-; vers-; volv-.


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