Roget's Thesaurus - Part 11
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together, in a body, collectively.

Phr. noscitur a sociis[Lat]; virtutis fortuna comes[Lat].

#89. Duality. -- N. duality, dualism; duplicity; biplicity[obs3], biformity[obs3]; polarity; two, deuce, couple, duet, brace, pair, cheeks, twins, Castor and Pollux, gemini, Siamese twins; fellows; yoke, conjugation; dispermy[obs3], doublets, dyad, span.

V. pair[unite in pairs], couple, bracket, yoke; conduplicate[obs3]; mate, span [U.S.].

Adj. two, twin; dual, dualistic, double; binary, binomial; twin, biparous[obs3]; dyadic[Math]; conduplicate[obs3]; duplex &c. 90; biduous[obs3], binate[obs3], diphyletic[obs3], dispermic[obs3], unijugate[obs3]; tete-a-tete.

coupled &c. v.; conjugate.

both, both the one and the other.

#90. Duplication. -- N. duplication; doubling &c. v.; gemination, ingemination[obs3]; reduplication; iteration &c. (repet.i.tion) 104; renewal.

V. double, redouble, duplicate, reduplicate; geminate; repeat &c. 104; renew &c. 660.

Adj. double; doubled &c. v.; bicipital[obs3], bicephalous[obs3], bidental[obs3], bil.a.b.i.ate, bivalve, bivalvular[obs3], bifold[obs3], biform[obs3], bilateral; bifarious[obs3], bifacial[obs3]; twofold, two- sided; disomatous[obs3]; duplex; double-faced, double-headed; twin, duplicate, ingeminate[obs3]; second.

Adv. twice, once more; over again &c. (repeatedly) 104; as much again, twofold; secondly, in the second place, again.

#91. [Division into two parts.] bisection. -- N. bisection, bipart.i.tion; dichotomy, subdichotomy[obs3]; halving &c. v.; dimidiation[obs3].

bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication; fork, p.r.o.ng; fold; half, moiety.

V. bisect, halve, divide, split, cut in two, cleave dimidiate[obs3], dichotomize.

go halves, divide with.

separate, fork, bifurcate; branch off, out; ramify.

Adj. bisected &c. v.; cloven, cleft; bipart.i.te, biconjugate[obs3], bicuspid, bifid; bifurcous[obs3], bifurcate, bifurcated; distichous, dichotomous, furcular[obs3]; semi-, demi-, hemi[obs3].

#92. Triality. -- N. Triality[obs3], trinity; triunity[obs3].

three, triad, triplet, trey, trio, ternion[obs3], leash; shamrock, tierce[obs3], spike-team [U.S.], trefoil; triangle, trident, triennium[obs3], trigon[obs3], trinomial, trionym[obs3], triplopia[obs3], tripod, trireme, triseme[obs3], triskele[obs3], triskelion, trisula[obs3].

third power, cube; cube root.

Adj. three; triform[obs3], trinal[obs3], trinomial; tertiary; ternary; triune; triarch, triadie[obs3]; triple &c. 93.

Pref. tri-, tris-.

Phr. tria juncta in uno[Lat].

#93. Triplication. -- N. triplication, triplicity[obs3]; trebleness[obs3], trine.

V. treble, triple; triplicate, cube.

Adj. treble, triple; tern, ternary; triplicate, threefold, trilogistic[obs3]; third; trinal[obs3], trine.

Adv. three times, three fold; thrice, in the third place, thirdly; trebly &c. adj.

#94. [Division into three parts.] Trisection. -- N. trisection, tripart.i.tion[obs3], trichotomy; third, third part.

V. trisect, divide into three parts.

Adj. trifid; trisected &c. v.; tripart.i.te, trichotomous[obs3], trisulcate[obs3].

Triadelphous[obs3], triangular, tricuspid, tricapsular[obs3], tridental[obs3], tridentate, tridentiferous[obs3], trifoliate, trifurcate, trigonal[obs3], trigrammic[obs3], trigrammatic[obs3], tripetalous[obs3], tripodal, tripodic[obs3], triquetral[obs3], triquetrous[obs3].

#95. Four. -- N. quaternity[obs3], four, tetrad, quartet, quaternion, square, quarter.

[planar form with four sides] tetract[obs3], tetragon, quadrangle, rectangle.

[three dimensional object with four surfaces] tetrahedron.

quadrature, quadrifoil, quadriform, quadruplet; quatrefoil.

[object or animal with four legs] tetrapod.

[geographical area with four sides] quadrangle, quad[coll.].

[electromagnetic object] quadrupole.

[four fundamental studies] quadrivium.

V. reduce to a square, square.

Adj. four; quaternary, quaternal[obs3]; quadratic; quartile; tetract[obs3], tetractic[obs3], tetractinal[obs3]; tetrad, tetragonal; square, quadrate.

#96. Quadruplication. -- N. quadruplication.

V. multiply by four, quadruplicate, biquadrate[obs3].

Adj. fourfold, four times; quadrable[obs3], quadrumanous[obs3], quadruple, quadruplicate, quadrible[obs3]; fourth.

quadrifoliate[obs3], quadrifoliolate[obs3], quadrigeminal[obs3], quadrigeminate[obs3], quadriplanar[obs3], quadriserial[obs3].

Adv. four times; in the fourth place, fourthly.

#97. [Division into four parts.] Quadrisection. -- N. quadrisection, quadripart.i.tion[obs3]; quartering &c. v; fourth; quart; quarter, quartern[obs3]; farthing (i.e. fourthing)[obs3]; quadrant.

V. quarter, divide into four parts.

Adj. quartered &c. v.; quadrifid[obs3], quadripart.i.te.

rectangular.

#98. Five, &c. -- N. five, cinque[Fr], quint, quincux[obs3]; six, half-a-dozen, half dozen; seven; eight; nine, three times three; d.i.c.ker; ten, decade; eleven; twelve, dozen; thirteen; long dozen, baker's dozen; quintuplet; twenty, score; twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen; twenty- five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred; forty, two score; fifty, half a hundred; sixty, three score; seventy, three score and ten; eighty, four score; ninety, fourscore and ten; sestiad[obs3].

hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century; hundredweight, cwt.; one hundred and forty-four, gross.

thousand, chiliad; millennium, thousand years, grand[coll.]; myriad; ten thousand, ban[j.a.panese], man[j.a.panese]; ten thousand years, banzai[j.a.panese]; lac, one hundred thousand, plum; million; thousand million, milliard, billion, trillion &c.

V. centuriate[obs3]; quintuplicate.

Adj. five, quinary[obs3], quintuple; fifth; senary[obs3], s.e.xtuple; sixth; seventh; septuple; octuple; eighth; ninefold, ninth; tenfold, decimal, denary[obs3], decuple[obs3], tenth; eleventh; duodenary[obs3], duodenal; twelfth; in one's 'teens, thirteenth.

vicesimal[obs3], vigesimal; twentieth; twenty-fourth &c. n.; vicenary[obs3], vicennial[obs3].

centuple[obs3], centuplicate[obs3], centennial, centenary, centurial[obs3]; secular, hundredth; thousandth, &c.

#99. Quinquesection, &c. -- N. division by five &c. 98; quinquesection &c.; decimation; fifth &c.

V. decimate; quinquesect.

Adj. quinquefid, quinquelateral, quinquepart.i.te; quinqevalent, pentavalent; quinquarticular[obs3]; octifid[obs3]; decimal, tenth, t.i.the; duodecimal, twelfth; s.e.xagesimal[obs3], s.e.xagenary[obs3]; hundredth, centesimal; millesimal &c. [obs3]

#100. {opp. 87} [More than one.] Plurality. -- N. plurality; a number, a certain number; one or two, two or three &c.; a few, several; mult.i.tude &c. 102; majority.

[large number] mult.i.tude &c. 102.

Adj. plural, more than one, upwards of; some, several, a few; certain; not alone &c. 87.

Adv. et cetera, &c., etc.

among other things, inter alia[Lat].

Phr. non deficit alter [Lat].

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#100a. [Less than one.] Fraction -- N. fraction, fractional part; part &c. 51.

Adj. fractional, fragmentary, inconsiderable, negligible, infinitesimal.

#101. Zero. -- N. zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher, goose egg; none, n.o.body, no one; nichts[Ger.], nixie*, nix*; zilch, zip, zippo [all slang]; not a soul; ame qui vive[Fr]; absence &c. 187; unsubstantiality &c. 4[obs3].

Adj. not one, not a one, not any, nary a one [dial.]; not a, never a; not a whit of, not an iota of, not a drop of, not a speck of, not a jot; not a trace of, not a hint of, not a smidgen of, not a suspicion of, not a shadow of, neither hide nor hair of.

#102. Mult.i.tude. -- N. mult.i.tude; numerous &c. adj.; numerosity, numerality; multiplicity; profusion &c. (plenty) 639; legion, host; great number, large number, round number, enormous number; a quant.i.ty, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy; scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest; crowd &c. (a.s.semblage) 72; lots; all in the world and his wife.

[Increase of number] greater number, majority; multiplication, multiple.

V. be numerous &c. adj.; swarm with, teem with, creep with; crowd, swarm, come thick upon; outnumber, multiply; people; swarm like locusts, swarm like bees.

Adj. many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few; Briarean; a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one; some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty &c.; half a dozen, half a hundred &c.; very many, full many, ever so many; numerous; numerose[obs3]; profuse, in profusion; manifold, multiplied, mult.i.tudinous, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded; galore.

thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of; no end of, no end to; c.u.m multis aliis[Lat]; thick as hops, thick as hail; plenty as blackberries; numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seash.o.r.e, numerous as the hairs on the head; and what not, and heaven knows what; endless &c. (infinite) 105.

Phr. their name is "legion"; acervatim[Lat]; en foule[Fr]; "many- headed mult.i.tude" [Sidney]; "numerous as glittering gems of morning dew"

[Young]; vel prece vel pretio[Lat][obs3].