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| 1. | [ noun ] (biology,sexuality) the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production | |
| Synonyms: | propagation generation | |
| Related terms: | reproduction biogenesis beget breed reproduce propagate | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a multiplicative increase | |
| Examples: | "repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors" "this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth" |
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| Related terms: | increase quadrupling quintupling doubling tripling multiply | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (mathematics) an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed | |
| Synonyms: | times | |
| Examples: | "the multiplication of four by three gives twelve" "four times three equals twelve" |
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| Related terms: | arithmetic_operation multiply | |
| Similar spelling: |
multiplicative multiplicand multiplicatively multiplier_factor multivitamin multiplicity multiplier_onion multifactorial multiple-choice multiple_voting multivariate multifarious multivitamin_pill multiple_star multifariousness multifariously |
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