Multiplication Meaning
/ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe process of computing the sum of an addition with one and the same number a specified number of times (i.e. 4 times 5 = [0 +] 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20) or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.
nounA calculation involving multiplication.
Sentence Examples
The children are learning the multiplication tables by heart.
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher explained that ____ is repeated addition, such as 3 times 4 making 12.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The teacher explained that ____ is a very quick way of adding the same number to itself several times to find a total.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French multiplicacion, from Latin multiplicatio, multiplicationem; ~equivalent to multiplicate + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"If the lesser nobility have remained more numerous, it must be attributed partly to the gradual multiplication of letters of nobility, and partly to the state of indigence in which in some provinces vast numbers of the gentry lived, and which left them strangers to those habits of caution by which opulent families are governed."
— 1843, Journal of the Statistical Society of London, volume 6, page 191:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher explained that ____ is repeated addition, such as 3 times 4 making 12.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The teacher explained that ____ is a very quick way of adding the same number to itself several times to find a total.