Multiplication

Quick meaning: Multiplication is a noun meaning (countable, arithmetic) A calculation involving multiplication.

Meaning

(countable, arithmetic) A calculation involving multiplication.

More Meanings

1. The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase.
2. (uncountable, arithmetic) 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.

Example Sentences

If the lesser nobility have remained more numerous, it must be attributed partly to the gradual multiplication of letters of nobility, and partly to the state of indigence in which in some provinces vast numbers of the gentry lived, and which left them strangers to those habits of caution by which opulent families are governed.

Word Forms

• multiplications

Synonyms for multiplication

Depending on context, synonyms include propagation, generation, times.

Antonyms for multiplication

Common opposites include division.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include times, generation, propagation, multiplier, multiplying, number.

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