multiplication

Meaning

  1. (uncountable) The process of computing the sum of an addition with one and the same number a specified number of times (i.e. 4 times 5 = [0 +] 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20) or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.
  2. (countable) A calculation involving multiplication.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase.

Synonyms

increase
B2
propagation
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growth
C1
reproduction
C2
proliferation
47k
times
A1
generation
B2
breeding
C1
procreation
34k
addition
B2
synergism
family
A1
👪
grow
A2
hyperplasia
increment
multiplexing
populate
44k
progress
B1
quadrivium
raise
B1
reduplication
spreading
C1
pullulation
development
B2

mult

neutron multiplication factor

accretion

multiply by reproduction

add
B1
arithmetic
C2
arithmetics
augment
47k
augmentation
breed
C1
copying
C2
division
B2
duplication
expansion
C2
Translations

multiplication
multiplicación
moltiplicazione
Multiplikation
multiplicação

πολλαπλασιασμός

vermenigvuldiging
multiplicació
Vermehrung

multiplicatio

ضرب
prolifération
vermenigvuldigen

πολλαπλασιάσμος

Frequency

31k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French multiplicacion, from Latin multiplicatio, multiplicationem; ~equivalent to multiplicate + -ion.

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