also multi-cellular, in biology, "having many cells, consisting of several cells," 1849, from multi- "many" + cellular.

also multi-phase, "having or producing two or more phases," 1890, from multi- "many" + phase (n.).

also multi-media, "using more than one medium" (in the arts, education, or communication), by 1959, from multi- "many" + media.

also multi-disciplinary, "combining many academic fields or methods," 1949, from multi- "many" + discipline (n.) + -ary.

also deracialise, 1899, "remove the racial character or features from;" see de- + racial + -ize. Related: Deracialized; deracializing; deracialization.

"speaking much, very talkative," 1650s; from Latin multi- "much" (see multi-) +  loqui "to speak" (from PIE root *tolkw- "to speak").

also multi-partite, 1721, "divided into many parts," from Latin multipartitus "divided into many parts," from multi- "many" (see multi-) + partitus, past participle of partire "to divide" (from pars "a part, piece, a share," from PIE root *pere- (2) "to grant, allot").

"a racist, an advocate of racial theory, a believer in the superiority of a particular race," 1910, from racial + -ist. Also see racist. As an adjective from 1917.

also multi-tasking, "concurrent execution of a number of different activities," 1966, originally in computing, from multi- "many" + tasking (see task (n.)). Of humans, by 1998. Related: Multitask (v.), by 1987. As an adjective, multi-task is recorded from 1954 in a non-computer mechanical context.