multiplicationaladj.
/ˌmʌltᵻplᵻˈkeɪʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˌmʌltᵻplᵻˈkeɪʃn(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈˌməltəpləˈkeɪʃən(ə)l/, /ˈˌməltəpləˈkeɪʃn(ə)l/ Of or relating to multiplication or reduplication.
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1850 Internat. Mag. Lit., Art, & Sci. 1 Nov. 469/1 Exhibiting multiplicational as well as mere numerational arithmetic.
1868 A. Sandeman Pelicotetics 47 The laws of multiplicational equivalence.
1922 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 44 158 We define the class (′″)* as the class of all functions which are the limits of sequences of linear combinations of functions of the multiplicational composite class ′″.
1979 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 76 4004/2 In the multiplicational multigene families such as ribosomal RNA and transfer RNA genes..the spacer region is often more variable than the transcribed region.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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