multiplication
/ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun
Forms multiplications
- noun (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.
- noun (countable, arithmetic) A calculation involving multiplication.
- noun The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French multiplicacion, from Latin multiplicatio, multiplicationem; ~equivalent to multiplicate + -ion.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act or process of multiplying, or of increasing in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural generation.
- noun The process of repeating, or adding to itself, any given number or quantity a certain number of times; commonly, the process of ascertaining by a briefer computation the result of such repeated additions; also, the rule by which the operation is performed; --the reverse of division.
Etymology [L. multiplicatio: cf. F. multiplication. See Multiply.]
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