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multiple
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multiple
1. Electronics US and Canadian (of a circuit) having a number of conductors in parallel
2. Maths the product of a given number or polynomial and any other one

multiple [′məl·tə·pəl]
(electricity)
Group of terminals arranged to make a circuit or group of circuits accessible at a number of points at any one of which connection can be made.
To connect in parallel.
(computer science)
(mathematics)
The product of a number or quantity by an integer.
(metallurgy)
A piece of stock cut from bar for use in a forging which provides the exact length needed for a single workpiece.


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Here is a nice example of a multiple causation string: DDT was used widely as a pesticide in the 1950s, before it was found to be so extremely toxic and not just to mosquitoes spreading malaria.
the rule of multiple causation, which holds that there may be more than one cause of an undesirable result and that all causes should be considered to determine which ones need to be resolved before a product is put on the market
He even acknowledges toward the end of the book that "the common law was, in fact, quite attuned to complexities - externalities, aggregate effects, multiple causation, unquantifiable risks, and indirect but nonetheless real effects.
 
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