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Definition of "multiplication" []

  • The act or process of multiplying or the condition of being multiplied. (noun)
  • Propagation of plants and animals; procreation. (noun)
  • Mathematics The operation that, for positive integers, consists of adding a number (the multiplicand) to itself a certain number of times. The operation is extended to other real numbers according to the rules governing the multiplicational properties of positive integers. (noun)
  • Mathematics Any of certain analogous operations involving expressions other than real numbers. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "multiplication" in a sentence
  • "Their hold of it, however, is mostly sporadic since they have not entirely understood all a laws which oversee a functioning, But with their premonition good developed they could travel steadily after a suggestion nonetheless any multiplication from a outward (note: all which is outward a suggestion is considered a outward realm)."
  • "Mushroom multiplication from a flash of lightning?"
  • "“Life change” and “talking about God” are two very visible indications a movement of spiritual multiplication is occurring."