Dictionary entries for 'multiplication'

Synonyms

mul·ti·pli·ca·tion (mŭĺtə-plĭ-kā́shən)

noun

The act or process of multiplying or the condition of being multiplied.
Propagation of plants and animals; procreation.
Mathematics
1. 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.
2. Any of certain analogous operations involving expressions other than real numbers.