1. consisting of or involving more than two terms or names
Usage: mathematics

1. an algebraic expression consisting of more than two terms
Usage: mathematics
2. a probability distribution that generalizes the binomial distribution to more than two categories
Usage: statistics

Examples

• The multinomial theorem extends the binomial theorem to expressions with multiple variables.
• A multinomial expression like x² + 3xy + y² has three terms.
• The multinomial distribution is used to model outcomes with more than two possible categories.
• In genetics, multinomial models help analyze traits with multiple alleles.
• The polynomial x³ + 2x² + x + 1 is a multinomial with four terms.
• Multinomial coefficients appear in combinatorics problems involving multiple groups.