of, consisting of, or referring to two or more names or terms
Also called: multinominal
noun
2.
a.
a mathematical expression consisting of a sum of terms each of which is the product of a constant and one or more variables raised to a positive or zero integral power. For one variable, x, the general form is given by: a0xn + a1xn–1 + … + an–1x + an, where a0, a1, etc, are real numbers
b. Also called: multinomial
any mathematical expression consisting of the sum of a number of terms
3. biology
a taxonomic name consisting of more than two terms, such as Parus major minor in which minor designates the subspecies