Multiplication is the process of calculating the total of one number multiplied by another.
There will be simple tests in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
2. uncountable noun
The multiplication of things of a particular kind is the process or fact of them increasing in number or amount.
Increasing gravity is known to speed up the multiplication of cells. [+ of]
multiplication in British English
(ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪʃən)
noun
1.
an arithmetical operation, defined initially in terms of repeated addition, usually written a × b, a.b, or ab, by which the product of two quantities is calculated: to multiply a by positive integral b is to add a to itself b times. Multiplication by fractions can then be defined in the light of the associative and commutative properties; multiplication by 1/n is equivalent to multiplication by 1 followed by division by n: for example 0.3 × 0.7 = 0.3 × 7⁄10 = (0.3 × 7)/10 = 21⁄10 = 0.21
2.
the act of multiplying or state of being multiplied
3.
the act or process in animals, plants, or people of reproducing or breeding
Derived forms
multiplicational (ˌmultipliˈcational)
adjective
multiplication in American English
(ˌmʌltəplɪˈkeɪʃən)
noun
1.
a multiplying or being multiplied
2. Ancient Mathematics
the process of finding the number or quantity (product) obtained by repeated additions of a specified number or quantity (multiplicand) a specified number of times (multiplier): symbolized in various ways (Ex.: 3×4=12 or 3·4=12, which means 3+3+3+3=12, to add the number three together four times)
Word origin
ME multiplicacioun < OFr multiplication < L multiplicatio
Examples of 'multiplication' in a sentence
multiplication
What we are experiencing is church planting by addition, not multiplication.
Christianity Today (2000)
Times tables - more properly multiplication tables - have been around for thousands of years.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is, so to speak, the multiplication table of work design.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
In other languages
multiplication
British English: multiplication /ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪʃən/ NOUN
Multiplication is the process of increasing greatly in number or amount.