multinomial

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mul′ti nō′mē əl)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mul•ti•no•mi•al  (mul′ti nō′mē əl),USA pronunciation n. [Algebra. Now Rare.]
  1. Mathematicspolynomial (def. 3c).
  • multi- + -nomial, on the model of polynomial, binomial 1600–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
multinomial /ˌmʌltɪˈnəʊmɪəl/ n
  1. another name for polynomial2b
Etymology: 17th Century: from multi- + -nomial as in binomial
'multinomial' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
polynomial

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