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18 pointschrtze3 comments

That should be "multiple small maps". In English, adjectives are generally placed in this order,

  1. Quantity
  2. Value/Opinion
  3. Size
  4. Temperature
  5. Age
  6. Shape
  7. Color
  8. Origin
  9. Material

http://www.edufind.com/english-grammar/ordering-multiple-adj...

Hence, "multiple" (quantity, 1) precedes "small" (size, 3).

Nah, "small multiples" is a well-established term in visualisation. Multiple same-style visualisations of the same type showing different aspects of data or different data sets. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_multiple

Very interesting! I stand corrected, but I still think the original grammar is lacking,

  Small multiple designs -> Multiple small designs

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