EQUIMULTIPLES

, the products of quantities equally multiplied. Thus, 3a and 3b are Equimultiples of a and b; and ma and mb are Equimultiples of a and b.

Equimultiples of any quantities, have the same ratio as the quantities themselves. Thus a : b :: 3a : 3b :: ma : mb.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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EQUATION
EQUATOR
EQUATORIAL
EQUIDIFFERENT
EQUILIBRIUM
* EQUIMULTIPLES
EQUINOCTIAL
EQUINOXES
EQUULEUS
ERIDANUS
ERRATIC