equimultiple

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   one of two or more quantities produced by multiplying the original quantities by the same number

   Fifteen and twenty-one are equimultiples of five and seven because each original number was multiplied by three.

2. 2
   adj

   multiplied by the same number or quantity

   Euclid compares equimultiple magnitudes when establishing the proportion.

Formed from equi- ("equal"), from Latin aequus, + multiple. In classical geometry and arithmetic, equimultiples arise when corresponding quantities are multiplied by one and the same factor.

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