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Definition of Multiplication |
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Multiplication
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. 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. An increase above the normal number of parts, especially of petals; augmentation. The art of increasing gold or silver by magic, -- attributed formerly to the alchemists. Related Definitions: Above, Act, Adding, Also, An, Any, Art, As, Ascertaining, Attributed, Augmentation, Being, By, Certain, Commonly, Computation, Division, Especially, Formerly, Generation, Given, Gold, Human, In, Increase, Increasing, Is, Itself, Magic, Multiplication, Multiplied, Multiplying, Natural, Normal, Number, Of, Operation, Or, Performed, Process, Quantity, Repeated, Repeating, Result, Reverse, Rule, Silver, Species, State, Such, The, Times, To, Which |
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Multiplication Quotations
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. Mark Twain There is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, that communal bath where the hairy and slippery mix in a multiplication of mediocrity. Vladimir Nabokov What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after. Wendell Phillips Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants. Robert Millikan |
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Multiplication Translations
multiplication in French is multiplication multiplication in German is Multiplikation multiplication in Italian is moltiplicare multiplication in Swedish is multiplikation |
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