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multiplication
- /ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French multiplicacion, from Latin multiplicatio, multiplicationem; ~equivalent to multiplicate + -ion.
noun multiplications
- 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.
- A calculation involving multiplication.
- The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase. 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 o
Similar: multiplication · Opposite: division
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: times, generation, propagation, multiplier, multiplying, number, doubling, multiplicity, duplication, replication, playback, multitude, material, expansion, accumulation, growing
noun
Similar: multiplication · Opposite: division
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noun calculation
| 한국어 | 곱셈 gopsem, 승법 seungbeop |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 掛け算 kakezan, 乗法 jōhō |
| 中文 | 乘法 chéngfǎ |
| Português | multiplicação |
| Français | multiplication |
| Deutsch | Multiplikation |
| Ελληνικά | πολλαπλασιασμός pollaplasiasmós |
| Română | înmulțire, multiplicare, multiplicație |
| Русский | умноже́ние umnožénije |
| العربية | ضَرْب ḍarb |
noun process
| Español | multiplicación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 곱셈 gopsem, 곱하기 gophagi, 승법 seungbeop |
| 日本語 | 掛け算 kakezan, 乗法 jōhō |
| 中文 | 乘法 chéngfǎ |
| हिन्दी | गुणा guṇā |
| Português | multiplicação |
| Français | multiplication |
| Deutsch | Multiplikation |
| Italiano | moltiplicazione |
| Ελληνικά | πολλαπλασιασμός pollaplasiasmós |
| Română | multiplicare, înmulțire, multiplicație |
| Русский | умноже́ние umnožénije, мультипликация mul'tiplikacija |
| Tiếng Việt | phép nhân |
| العربية | ضَرْب ḍarb |
noun increasing in number
| 日本語 | 倍増 baizō |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 增加 zēngjiā, 倍增 bèizēng |
| Português | proliferação, multiplicação |
| Italiano | proliferazione |
| Русский | умноже́ние umnožénije, увеличе́ние uveličénije |
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