submultiple

[ suhb-muhl-tuh-puhl ]

noun

1. a number that is contained by another number an integral number of times without a remainder:

   The number 3 is a submultiple of 12.

adjective

1. pertaining to or noting a quantity that is a submultiple.

submultiple

/ sʌbˈmʌltɪpəl /

noun

1. a number that can be divided into another number an integral number of times without a remainder

adjective

1. being a submultiple of a quantity or number

Word History and Origins

Origin of submultiple¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; sub- + multiple

Example Sentences

Submultiple, sub-mul′ti-pl, n. a number or quantity which is contained in another an exact number of times, an aliquot part.

From Project Gutenberg

We have thus arrived at the case of a uniform string stretched between two fixed supports, and we conclude that the motion of the string may be completely represented as the resultant of two sets of periodic waves travelling in opposite directions, their wave-lengths being either twice the distance between the fixed points or a submultiple of this wave-length, and the form of these waves, subject to this condition, being perfectly arbitrary.

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The amplitude of the curve of sines is a simple harmonic function of the time, the period being either the fundamental period or some submultiple of the fundamental period.

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In these particular cases the form of the string at any instant is that of a curve of sines having the line joining the fixed 957 points for its axis, and passing through these two points, and therefore having for its wave-length either twice the length of the string or some submultiple of this wave-length.

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These will not overlap and will just fill in the space round B if the angle ABC is a submultiple of two right angles.

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