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multistart

multistart is the alternative form of multi-start.

Meaning of multi-start

Adjective

multi-start (not comparable)

  1. Describing a multiple spiral that starts at the origin and divides the plane into multiple regions
  2. Describing a construction of multiple helices that wrap around the same cylinder; if infinite, would divide the surface of the cylinder into multiple regions

Questions about multistart

What is multistart the alternative form of?
Multistart is the alternative form of multi-start.

Words near multistart in the dictionary

  1. multistandard
  2. multistandards
  3. multistans
  4. multistarrer
  5. multistarrers
  6. multistart
  7. multistate
  8. multistatement
  9. multistatic
  10. multistation
  11. multistationarity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: multistart (page history and authors); multi-start (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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