Meaning & use
Multiples
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Numbers that can be divided evenly by a given number without a remainder, or several instances of the same thing.
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Twelve, eighteen, and twenty-four are all multiples of six.
The factory produces the part in multiples of a hundred for efficient shipping.
A note on using this word
In mathematics, "multiples" and "factors" are closely related but distinct: 6 is a factor of 12, while 12 is a multiple of 6.
Words with an opposite meaning
factorsdivisors
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