What does "multiplicative" mean?

A grammatical adverbial case in Finnish.

What is a synonym for "multiplicative"?

Common synonyms include: additive, increasing, inverse.

How do you pronounce "multiplicative"?

Pronounced //ˈmʌltɪplɪˌkeɪtɪv//.

Multiplicative

//ˈmʌltɪplɪˌkeɪtɪv// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A grammatical adverbial case in Finnish. countable, uncountable

Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to multiplication. not-comparable
2
Distributive over multiplication. not-comparable, usually
"Matrix determinants are multiplicative; if A and B are square matrices of the same size, then #92;mbox#123;det#125;(AB)#61;#92;mbox#123;det#125;(A)#92;,#92;mbox#123;det#125;(B)."
3
Having multiplication as an operator. not-comparable

Adjective

1
tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

additive increasing inverse

Example

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"Where there is a sentence, with its translations into ten different languages, in fact there are eleven sentences, each of which is translated into ten other languages. The result is multiplicative (11 X 10)."

Etymology

From 6th-century Latin multiplicativus, from Classical Latin multiplicāre (“to multiply”).

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