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  Multiple \Mul"ti*ple\, n. (Math.)
     A quantity containing another quantity a number of times
     without a remainder.
  
     Note:
  
     A common multiple of two or more numbers contains each of
        them a number of times exactly; thus, 24 is a common
        multiple of 3 and 4. The
  
     least common multiple is the least number that will do
        this; thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 3 and 4.