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multicriterial

multicriterial adjective: involving more than one criterion.

Adjective

multicriterial (not comparable)

  1. Involving more than one criterion.
    • In any multicriterial setting, absolute perfection is simply an impossibility.2000 June, Nicholas Rescher, “Optimalism and Axiological Metaphysics”, in The Review of Metaphysics, LIII, № 4, § iii, page 818

Origin of multicriterial

From multi- + criterial.

Questions about multicriterial

What does multicriterial mean?
Multicriterial means involving more than one criterion.
What part of speech is multicriterial?
Multicriterial is an adjective.

Words near multicriterial in the dictionary

  1. multicreed
  2. multicreedal
  3. multicrew
  4. multicrisis
  5. multicriteria
  6. multicriterial
  7. multicriterion
  8. multicritical
  9. multicriticalities
  10. multicriticality
  11. multicropping

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