multiplication

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
noun a multiplicative increase
noun an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed

Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French multiplicacion, from Latin multiplicatio, multiplicationem; ~equivalent to multiplicate + -ion.

Multiplication is vexation 28 67. — Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes, Charles Madison Curry
Have you forgotten the multiplication table? — The Reign of Greed, José Rizal
Everything with him was multiplication or subtraction. — The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

generation, propagation

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