omnium

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/ˈɒm.ni.əm//ˈɒm.njəm/

noun

A multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.

OriginLatin omnium →
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Meanings

nounomnium (plural omniums)

plural omniums

  1. cyclingA multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.
  2. businessThe aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is usually funded.

    When a loan is contracted , the prices of Omnium may be quoted for delivery of the receipts , and afterwards for money , and the next succeeding payment .

    1855, Charles Fenn, Fenn's Compendium of the English and Foreign Funds, Debts and Revenues of All Nations, Banks, Railways, Mines, and the Principal Joint Stock Companies

Origin

  1. Latinomnium
  2. Englishomnium

From Latin omnium (literally “of all”), genitive plural of omnis (“all, every”).

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Translations

Spanish ómnium
  • ómnium(cycling)
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APA

omnium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omnium

MLA

“omnium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omnium. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “omnium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omnium.

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