multinomial

American  

[muhl-ti-noh-mee-uhl] / ˌmʌl tɪˈnoʊ mi əl /

noun

Algebra Now Rare.

1. polynomial.

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multinomial British  

/ ˌmʌltɪˈnəʊmɪəl /

noun

1. another name for polynomial

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multinomial Scientific  

/ mŭl′tĭ-nō′mē-əl /

1. See polynomial

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Etymology

Origin of multinomial

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

Example Sentences

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 • Jul. 5, 2016

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?

From The Long Lane's Turning by Rives, Hallie Erminie

The terms trinomial, quadrinomial, multinomial, &c., are applied to expressions composed similarly of three, four or many quantities.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various