multinomial

[ muhl-ti-noh-mee-uhl ]

noun

, Algebra Now Rare.

1. polynomial ( def 2c ).

multinomial

/ ˌmʌltɪˈnəʊmɪəl /

noun

1. another name for polynomial

multinomial

/ mŭl′tĭ-nō′mē-əl /

1. See polynomial

Word History and Origins

Origin of multinomial¹

1600–10; multi- + -nomial, on the model of polynomial, binomial

Word History and Origins

Origin of multinomial¹

C17: from multi- + -nomial as in binomial

Example Sentences

Glaz, J. & Sison, C. P. Simultaneous confidence intervals for multinomial proportions.

From Nature

First, the abundance of specific microorganisms in each microbiota is sampled through a multinomial distribution, which leads to large numbers of negative correlations and induces a substantial bias in network topology.

From Nature

Was that, after all, no trite generality applicable to a hypothetical hereafter, but a thing true in the minute and multinomial affairs of the present?

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