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omnium

/ˈɒm.ni.əm/

omnium noun: a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.

Noun

omnium (plural omniums)

  1. A multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.
  2. The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is usually funded.
    • When a loan is contracted , the prices of Omnium may be quoted for delivery of the receipts , and afterwards for money , and the next succeeding payment .1855, Charles Fenn, Fenn's Compendium of the English and Foreign Funds, Debts and Revenues of All Nations, Banks, Railways, Mines, and the Principal Joint Stock Companies

Forms of omnium

pluralomniums

Origin of omnium

From Latin omnium (literally “of all”), genitive plural of omnis (“all, every”).

Phrases with omnium

Questions about omnium

What does omnium mean?
Omnium means a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.
What part of speech is omnium?
Omnium is a noun.
How do you pronounce omnium?
Omnium is pronounced /ˈɒm.ni.əm/.
What is the plural of omnium?
The plural of omnium is omniums.

Words near omnium in the dictionary

  1. omnitruncated
  2. omnitruncation
  3. omnitruncations
  4. omnitude
  5. omnitudes
  6. omnium
  7. omnium gatherum
  8. omnium-gathera
  9. omnium-gatherum
  10. omnium-gatherums
  11. omniums

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