Usage Note
Vielfache is a nominalised adjective, so it declines: das Vielfache, ein Vielfaches. It means a multiple of a number, as in das kleinste gemeinsame Vielfache (least common multiple). Watch the adjectival endings.
Examples
"Zwölf ist ein Vielfaches von drei."
Natural Translation
Twelve is a multiple of three.
Literal Translation
Twelve is a multiple of three.
Related Words
- Ableitung derivative (calculus)
- Abszisse abscissa; x-axis; x-coordinate
- Achse axis (geometry, graphs)
- Achsenabschnitt y-intercept, axis intercept
- Asymptote asymptote (line a curve approaches but never reaches)
- Axiom axiom (self-evident principle)
- Berechnungsgrundlage basis of calculation; calculation basis
- Binomialkoeffizient binomial coefficient
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