omnium
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin
[edit] Noun
omnium (plural omniums)
- A multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Current it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.
- (finance) The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is usually funded.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of M'Culloch to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
[edit] Latin
[edit] Adjective
omnium
- genitive plural of omnis
