multi-start

multi-start

English

Alternative forms

  • n-start

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English start
English multi-start

    From multi- + start.

    Adjective

    multi-start (not comparable)

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