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multistring

multistring adjective: having multiple strings (any sense).

Adjective

multistring (not comparable)

  1. Having multiple strings (any sense).
    • Multistring gas pipeline systems appeared at this stage of gas mainline construction in connections with the increase in gas flows.1985, L. A. Melentiev, Unified Gas Supply System of the USSR, page 127
    • A biologically complex multistring network model was designed to observe the evolution and transmission dynamics of ARV resistance (Smith et al. 2010).2014, Chuanfu Chen, Ronald Larsen, Library and Information Sciences: Trends and Research, page 121

Noun

multistring (plural multistrings)

  1. (string theory) One of Multiple simultaneously vibrating strings.
    • We have conjectured that D-particles at D-brane intersections form multistrings and that these multistrings are the relevant degrees of freedom of black holdes formed from these intersections.2000, The Journal of High Energy Physics, page 26
    • Multistrings has been found for all inflationary spacetimes [15] but not in FRW universes.2012, Norma G. Sànchez, Antonino Zichichi, String Gravity and Physics at the Planck Energy Scale, page 16
  2. (data structures) A data structure that represents multiple text strings.
    • The AIM screen name of person as a multistring with two labels: kABAIMWorkLabel, and kABAIMHomeLabel2003, Michael Beam, James Davidson, Cocoa in a Nutshell
    • Multistring values are relatively simple to edit.2006, Guy Hart-Davis, Mastering Windows XP Home Edition, page 320
  3. A component of a model representing multiple parallel strings or lines.
    • Techniques such as multistrings (highways, buses etc ) and macrosymbols reduce the drawing and data entry problems and hence save time, reduce errors, and show better logcal flow.1979, Gerald Musgrave, Computer Aided Design of Digital Electronic Circuits and Systems, page 16
    • When there is a good deal of repetition in a logic design, such as in the data flow of a large computer, the multistring and multisymbol features of RMOD have enabled designs to be captured on between 1/2 and 2/3 the number of diagrams previouosly needed.1981, European Conference on Electronic Design Automation, page 147
  4. A musical instrument designed to have multiple strings played simultaneously.
    • This brings up another limitation of multistrings; that when one attaches more […]1991, Experimental Musical Instruments - Volumes 7-8, page 21
    • Mayra is accompanied by a multinational group of superb musicians featuring the Cape Verdean multistring player Kim Alves, the virtuoso Malagasy accordionist Régis Gizavo (who also accompanies Lura in her albums), Cameroonian bass player Étienne Mbappé, and a group of remarkable Brazilian musicians...2011, Fernando Arenas, Lusophone Africa: Beyond Independence, page 93

Examples of multistring in a sentence

  • Centurio Balikoowa, a performer of the ntongooli (a multistring bowl-lyre) of Uganda, recalled beginning his musical education by playing musical games as early as 3 years of age (Barz, 2004).2015, Gary E. McPherson, The Child as Musician: A handbook of musical development, page 569:
  • Among multilevel inverters, multistring inverter topology requires less number of switches and DC sources compared with the cascaded two level inverter.2020, Ashok L. Kumar, S.Albert Alexander, Madhuvanthani Rajendran, Power Electronic Converters for Solar Photovoltaic Systems, page 159:
  • Very quickly, this formula was generalized to a whole army of equations, representing the scattering of multistrings.2021, Michio Kaku, The God Equation:
  • Multistring computer modeling of APB effects on all annuli proved invaluable in the design process.2003, SPE Drilling & Completion, page 234:

Forms of multistring

pluralmultistrings

Origin of multistring

From multi- + string.

Questions about multistring

What does multistring mean?
Multistring means having multiple strings (any sense).
How do you use multistring in a sentence?
Centurio Balikoowa, a performer of the ntongooli (a multistring bowl-lyre) of Uganda, recalled beginning his musical education by playing musical games as early as 3 years of age (Barz, 2004).
What part of speech is multistring?
Multistring can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near multistring in the dictionary

  1. multistreet
  2. multistressor
  3. multistriate
  4. multistriated
  5. multistrike
  6. multistring
  7. multistrings
  8. multistrip
  9. multistripe
  10. multistriped
  11. multistroke

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