multiplication

Meanings

Plural: multiplications

Noun

• the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
• a multiplicative increase
  • "repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors"
  • "this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth"
• an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
  • "the multiplication of four by three gives twelve"
• 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.

Synonyms

generation, multiplication, propagation, times

Antonyms

division

Related Words

+ =, addition, factor, multi-, multiplicand, multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) =, multiplicative, multiplicity, multiply, product, remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend, × = × =, ÷ =, − =