nnoun.actthe act of producing offspring or multiplying by such productionSynset:generation propagation
Derivationally Related Form:propagatemultiplygenerate
Hypernyms:breeding facts of life procreation reproduction
Inherited Hypernyms:generationreproductionsexual activitybodily processorganic processprocessphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:biogenesisbiogeny
nnoun.processa multiplicative increaseExamples:- repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors
- this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth
Derivationally Related Form:multiply
Hypernyms:growth increase increment
Inherited Hypernyms:multiplicationincreaseprocessphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:doublingquadruplingquintuplingtripling
Full Hyponyms:doublingquadruplingquintuplingtripling
nnoun.actan arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computedSynset:times
Examples:- the multiplication of four by three gives twelve
- four times three equals twelve
Derivationally Related Form:multiply
Hypernyms:arithmetic operation
Inherited Hypernyms:multiplicationarithmetic operationmathematical processcalculationprocedureactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity