Thesaurus: multiplication

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1. n. The act or process of multiplying, or of increasing in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural generation.
2. n. The process of repeating, or adding to itself, any given number or quantity a certain number of times; commonly, the process of ascertaining by a briefer computation the result of such repeated additions; also, the rule by which the operation is performed; -- the reverse of division.
3. n. An increase above the normal number of parts, especially of petals; augmentation.
4. n. The art of increasing gold or silver by magic, -- attributed formerly to the alchemists.
5. n. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
6. n. a multiplicative increase
7. n. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
8. The process of repeating, or adding to itself, any given numberor quantity a certain number of times; commonly, the process ofascertaining by a briefer computation the result of such repeatedadditions; also, the rule by which the operation is performed; -- thereverse of division.
9. n:100 n. a multiplicative increase n. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed