in arithmetic, a number which comprehends some other several times, thus 6 is a multiple of 2, and 12 is a multiple of 6, 4, and 3, comprehending the first twice, the second thrice, &c.

Action of Multiplepointing, in Scots law. See Law, Tit. xxx. 24.

MULTPLICAND, in arithmetic. See Arithmetic, p. 371.