| NOUN | act | multiplication, generation, propagation | the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production |
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| process | multiplication | a multiplicative increase / increase / increase / increase | |
| act | multiplication, times | an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division |
| Sounds | mah.ltahplahkey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production. | |
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| Synonyms | generation, propagation | |
| Narrower | biogenesis, biogeny | The production of living organisms from other living organisms |
| Broader | reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life | The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
| Spanish | generación, multiplicación, propagación | |
| Catalan | generació, multiplicació, propagació | |
| Verbs | multiply | have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) |
| multiply | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant | |
| Meaning | A multiplicative increase / increase / increase / increase. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | doubling | increase / increase / increase by a factor of two |
| quadrupling | increase / increase / increase by a factor of four | |
| quintupling | increasing by a factor of five | |
| tripling | increase / increase / increase by a factor of three | |
| Broader | increase, increment, growth | A process of becoming larger / larger or longer or more numerous or more important |
| Spanish | multiplicación | |
| Catalan | multiplicació | |
| Verbs | multiply | combine or increase / increase by multiplication |
| Meaning | An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed. | |
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| Example | "the multiplication of four by three gives twelve" | |
| Synonym | times | |
| Broader | arithmetic operation | A mathematical operation involving numbers |
| Spanish | multiplicación, producto | |
| Catalan | multiplicació | |
| Verbs | multiply | combine or increase / increase by multiplication |
| multiply | combine by multiplication | |
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