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optional comparison table

Subject	mean	write as	is a kind of	has definition
multiplicity		a specific positive integer or as several multiplicity values or ranges separated by commas	subject	Information placed at each end of an association indicating how many instances of one class can be related to instances of the other class
optional	there can be either zero or one object linked to an object at the other end of the association	0..1	multiplicity

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