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. [1913 Webster]
"The increase and multiplication of the world." [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
" The word multiplication is sometimes used in mathematics, particularly in multiple algebra, to denote any distributive operation expressed by one symbol upon any quantity or any thing expressed by another symbol. Corresponding extensions of meaning are given to the words multiply, multiplier, multiplicand, and product. Thus, since x + y) = x + y (see under Distributive), where x + y), x, and y indicate the results of any distributive operation represented by the symbol x + y, x, and y, severally, then because of many very useful analogies x + y) is called the product of x + y, and the operation indicated by multiplication. Cf. Facient, n., 2." [1913 Webster]
An increase above the normal number of parts, especially of petals; augmentation. [1913 Webster]
The art of increasing gold or silver by magic, -- attributed formerly to the alchemists. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Multiplication table, a table giving the product of a set of numbers multiplied in some regular way; commonly, a table giving the products of the first ten or twelve numbers multiplied successively by 1, 2, 3, etc., up to 10 or 12. Called also a times table, used by students in elementary school prior to memorization of the table.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

multiplication, n.
1 the arithmetical process of multiplying.
2 the act or an instance of multiplying.

Idiom

multiplication sign the sign (x) to indicate that one quantity is to be multiplied by another, as in
2 x 3 = 6. multiplication table a list of multiples of a particular number, usu.
from
1 to 12.

Derivative

multiplicative adj.

Etymology

ME f. OF multiplication or L multiplicatio (as MULTIPLY)

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THESAURUS

multiplication

access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, approximation, ascent, augmentation, ballooning, begetting, bloating, boom, boost, breeding, broadening, buildup, crescendo, crossbreeding, development, differentiation, dissogeny, division, edema, elevation, endogamy, engenderment, enlargement, equation, evolution, expansion, extension, extrapolation, flood, fructification, gain, generation, greatening, growth, gush, hike, inbreeding, increase, increment, inflation, integration, interpolation, inversion, involution, jump, leap, linebreeding, mounting, multiple, multiplication table, multiplier, multiplying, notation, outbreeding, practice, procreation, production, productiveness, proliferation, prolification, propagation, proportion, pullulation, raise, reduction, reproduction, rise, snowballing, spread, subtraction, surge, swelling, tables, transformation, tumescence, up, upping, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, waxing, widening, xenogamy

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ROGET THESAURUS

multiplication

Numeration

N numeration, numbering, pagination, tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation, calculation, calculus, algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy, measurement, statistics, arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions, differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus, calculus of differences, dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation, account, notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration, abacus, logometer, slide rule, slipstick, tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan- pan, adding machine, cash register, electronic calculator, calculator, computer, arithmetician, calculator, abacist, algebraist, mathematician, statistician, geometer, programmer, accountant, auditor, numeral, numerical, arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable, commensurable, commensurate, incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable, unfathomable, infinite, quantitatively, arithmetically, measurably, in numbers.

Multitude

N multitude, numerous, numerosity, numerality, multiplicity, profusion, legion, host, great number, large number, round number, enormous number, a quantity, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy, scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest, crowd, lots, all in the world and his wife, greater number, majority, multiplication, multiple, many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few, Briarean, a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one, some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty, half a dozen, half a hundred, very many, full many, ever so many, numerous, numerose, profuse, in profusion, manifold, multiplied, multitudinous, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded, galore, thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of, no end of, no end to, cum multis aliis, thick as hops, thick as hail, plenty as blackberries, numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head, and what not, and heaven knows what, endless, their name is 'legion', acervatim, en foule, many- headed multitude, numerous as glittering gems of morning dew, vel prece vel pretio.

Reproduction

N reproduction, renovation, restoration, renewal, new edition, reprint, revival, regeneration, palingenesis, revivification, apotheosis, resuscitation, reanimation, resurrection, reappearance, regrowth, Phoenix, generation, multiplication, reproduced, renascent, reappearing, reproductive, suigenetic.

Productiveness

N productiveness, fecundity, fertility, luxuriance, uberty, pregnancy, pullulation, fructification, multiplication, propagation, procreation, superfetation, milch cow, rabbit, hydra, warren, seed plot, land flowing with milk and honey, second crop, aftermath, aftercrop, aftergrowth, arrish, eddish, rowen, protoplasm, fertilization, productive, prolific, teeming, teemful, fertile, fruitful, frugiferous, fruit-bearing, fecund, luxuriant, pregnant, uberous, procreant, procreative, generative, life-giving, spermatic, multiparous, omnific, propagable, parturient, profitable.

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