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multi-box en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Having multiple boxes.
    • Finally, we extend the two-box model to a multi-box model of the world ocean. 2011, David M. Glover, William J. Jenkins, Scott C. Doney, Modeling Methods for Marine Science, page 223:
    • Bluebirds on multi-box territories had shorter intervals between broods than bluebirds on territories with only one nestbox, but competition between eastern bluebirds and tree swallows was more intense at multi-box sites. 1994, Animal Behaviour Abstracts - Volume 22, Issues 2501-5000, page 27:

Forms

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multibox alternative lexicographic
multi box alternative lexicographic
most multi-box Degree=Sup lexicographic
more multi-box Degree=Cmp lexicographic

multi-box en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. The practice of playing an online game with multiple accounts simultaneously.
  2. A box with several compartments.
    • ... the holder for glasses/sunglasses, the storage box under the cargo area, luggage side boxes, floor console, glove box, a multi-box next to the steering wheel and the door map pockets. 2002, Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa, page 71:
    • Inside, the cabinet was clearly divided into practical modules with loose Multi-Boxes with tight- fitting lids for butter, cheese and sliced meat. 1999, Jan Trägårdh, Peter Gyllan, Svend Kindt, Design Jan:
  3. An electronic device with multiple sites where components can be plugged in.
    • I Provide equipment for multi-plugging into the amplifications system (a “multi-box”) and check to be sure power and fuses are adequate. 1989, Sharon K. Amatetti, Prevention Plus II, page 483:
    • If you really want to win points with the electronic media, supply a multi- box— an electrical box that contains multiple outlets into which TV and radio reporters can directly plug their microphone cords without attaching a microphone. 1984, The Detroiter - Volume 6, Issues 1-6:
    • The existing standard VCS units are multi-boxes, usually 6 in deep, which fit into a 6 in x 6 in grid on the front panel, and the new units had to be compatible. 1980, Ship & Boat International - Volume 33, page 35:
  4. An electronic device with multiple sites where components can be plugged in. ▸ A power strip.
  5. Something that is composed of multiple boxes.
    • A number of multi-boxes are made to cover a group of holes and are driven by means of a small horizontal drilling unit. 1930, The Automobile Engineer - Volume 20, page 85:
    • The boxes can be assembled into nests of 'multi-boxes' as required for a particular console or assembly. 1977, Marine Engineering, Technical Reports (Transactions).: Series A.:
  6. One of a set of multiple ballot boxes, one for each candidate.
    • In the case of the use of multi-boxes experience has shown. that the system engenders gross malpractices and rigging. 1985, Francis Aloysius Wazarwahi Bwengye, The agony of Uganda: from Idi Amin to Obote, page 15:
    • Mr. Chairman, the Commission took a soft and a weak stand, they kept saying 'we cannot amend the law' because they were talking about one ballot box and the law talks about multi-boxes, they were talking about counting the votes on the spot, and law talks about collecting boxes from the polling stations and putting them in a central place overnight. 1995, Uganda. Commission of Inquiry into Violations of Human Rights, Report of the Commission of Inquiry Into Violations of Human Rights:
    • Since each of the several boxes in the multi-box system held tickets of only one type, it was not possible to determine how voters who voted for one candidate, say, for Congress, voted for other offices. 2004, Richard Franklin Bensel, The American Ballot Box in the Mid-Nineteenth Century, page 40:

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multibox alternative lexicographic
multi-boxes Number=Plur lexicographic
multi box alternative lexicographic