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Multiplication

//ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪʃən// noun

Noun

1
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. uncountable
2
the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production wordnet
3
A calculation involving multiplication. countable
4
an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed wordnet
5
The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase. countable, uncountable
"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."

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Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French multiplicacion, from Latin multiplicatio, multiplicationem; ~equivalent to multiplicate + -ion.

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