American English pronunciation
How to pronounce multiplication
IPA transcription: [,mʌltəplə'keɪʃən]
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Noun
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the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
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an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
“the multiplication of four by three gives twelve”
“four times three equals twelve”
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a multiplicative increase
“repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors”
“this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth”
Usage examples
- Some preprocessing is needed to determine the correct multiplication constant.
- A classic example of a one-way function is multiplication of very large prime numbers.
- That is, the multiplication is homotopy coherently associative.
- However, the Multiplication Table doesn’t signify: let’s try Geography.
- Transformations are usually performed by matrix multiplication.
- In doing so he also hints at multiplication's internal significance.
- For example, when computing the binary method requires multiplications and squarings.
- The group operation is the usual multiplication of matrices.
- Hence, for multiplications in stimulus strength, the strength of perception only adds.
- Three of the basic arithmetic operations occur exactly once each: addition, multiplication, and exponentiation.