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multifactoral

multifactoral adjective: involving multiple factors.

Adjective

multifactoral (comparative more multifactoral, superlative most multifactoral)

  1. Involving multiple factors.
    • Although the causes for regressive autism are most likely multifactoral, one possible co-factor — vaccination — stimulates the most intense debate.2007 June 25, “Autism: What Research Is Needed? (7 Letters)”, in New York Times

Forms of multifactoral

comparativemore multifactoral
superlativemost multifactoral

Origin of multifactoral

From multi- + factor + -al.

Questions about multifactoral

What does multifactoral mean?
Multifactoral means involving multiple factors.
What part of speech is multifactoral?
Multifactoral is an adjective.

Words near multifactoral in the dictionary

  1. multifacial
  2. multifacility
  3. multifaction
  4. multifactional
  5. multifactor
  6. multifactoral
  7. multifactored
  8. multifactorial
  9. multifactoriality
  10. multifactorially
  11. multifactorials

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