multisystem

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adjective

Of or pertaining to more than one system (especially computer systems)

OriginEnglish system ← Middle English multi- ← Latin multī →
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Meanings

adjectivemultisystem (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to more than one system (especially computer systems)

    When an enclave spans a system boundary in a sysplex, it is called a multisystem enclave.

    2010, Mike Ebbers, Dino Tonelli, Jason Arnold, Co-locating Transactional and Data Warehouse Workloads on System z, page 245
  2. not comparablemultisystemic

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Englishsystem
  7. Englishmultisystem

From multi- + system.

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APA

multisystem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multisystem

MLA

“multisystem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multisystem. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multisystem,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multisystem.

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