Multiplication
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
(2) An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
"The multiplication of four by three gives twelve"
"Four times three equals twelve"
(3) A multiplicative increase
"Repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors"
"This multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The process of computing the sum of a number with itself a specified number of times, or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.
- A calculation involving multiplication.
- The teacher set us ten multiplications as homework.
Related terms
- multi-
- multiplicand
- multiplicative
- multiplicity
- multiply
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Related terms
- multi-
- multiple
- multiplicande
- multiplicatif
- multiplicité
- multiplier