great number of persons or things, many, a lot, composed of a countless number of items; ten thousand
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Myriad Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things.
The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things.
(n.)
An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number.
An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number.
(a.)
Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutConsisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars.
myriad
\myr"i*ad\ (?), n. [gr. &?;, &?;, fr. &?; numberless, pl. &?; ten thousand: cf. f. myriade.]
1. the number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things.
2. an immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number.
myriad
\myr"i*ad\, a. consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars. [
myriad
adj : too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands" [syn: countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, myriad(a) , multitudinous, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable]
n
1. a large indefinite number; "he faced a myriad of details"
2. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand [syn: ten thousand, 10000]
A vast indefinite number.
1.Too numerous to be counted
2. a great number of
EG:Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire -- in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?(LORD BYRON)
2. a great number of
EG:Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire -- in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?(LORD BYRON)
Noun
1. a large indefinite number; "he faced a myriad of details"
(hypernym) large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
2. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand
(synonym) ten thousand, 10000
(hypernym) large integer
Adjective
1. too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"
(synonym) countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, myriad(a), multitudinous, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable
(similar) incalculable
Myriad Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Myriad Genetics, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Discovers, researches and commercializes genes which predispose individuals to major common diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Discovers, researches and commercializes genes which predispose individuals to major common diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
Myriad Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Myriad ( (myrios, plural myriades), "numberless countless, infinite", is a classical Greek word for the number 10,000. In modern English, the word refers to an unspecified large quantity.
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