multiplication
noun/ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French multiplicacion, from Latin multiplicatio, multiplicationem; ~equivalent to multiplicate + -ion.
1
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.
2
Arithmetic A calculation involving multiplication.
3
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 opulent families are governed.1843, Journal of the Statistical Society of London, volume 6, page 191:
- Synonyms
- multiplication
- Antonyms
- division
- Derived terms
- Comba multiplication, comultiplication, cross multiplication, cross-multiplication, demultiplication, Karatsuba multiplication, multiplicational, multiplication dance, multiplication sign, multiplication table, nonmultiplication, overmultiplication, photomultiplication, postmultiplication, premultiplication, pseudomultiplication, remultiplication, Russian peasant multiplication, scalar multiplication
- Related terms
- factor, multi-, multiplicand, multiplicative, multiplicity, multiply, product, addition, + =, − =, × = × =, ÷ =, remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend, multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) =
- Hypernyms
- calculation
- Coordinate terms
- succession, addition, exponentiation, tetration, pentation, hexation
- Meronyms
- factor, multiplicand, multiplier