MULTIPLICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does multiplication mean? 

• MULTIPLICATION (noun)
  The noun MULTIPLICATION has 3 senses:

1. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

2. a multiplicative increase

3. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed

  Familiarity information: MULTIPLICATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MULTIPLICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

generation; multiplication; propagation

Hypernyms ("multiplication" is a kind of...):

breeding; facts of life; procreation; reproduction (the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "multiplication"):

biogenesis; biogeny (the production of living organisms from other living organisms)

Derivation:

multiply (have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant)

multiply (have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A multiplicative increase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Context example:

this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth

Hypernyms ("multiplication" is a kind of...):

growth; increase; increment (a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "multiplication"):

doubling (increase by a factor of two)

quadrupling (increase by a factor of four)

quintupling (increasing by a factor of five)

tripling (increase by a factor of three)

Derivation:

multiply (combine or increase by multiplication)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

multiplication; times

Context example:

four times three equals twelve

Hypernyms ("multiplication" is a kind of...):

arithmetic operation (a mathematical operation involving numbers)

Derivation:

multiply (combine or increase by multiplication)

multiply (combine by multiplication)

 Context examples 

Drug treatment to destroy or inhibit the growth or multiplication of fungi.

(Antifungal Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent may also interfere with RNA synthesis or inhibit other cell metabolism, thereby preventing cell multiplication and causing cell death.

(Ethambutol Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Multiplication or reproduction by cell division of a population of identical cells descended from a single progenitor.

(Clonal Expansion, NCI Thesaurus)

Epithelial Cell Proliferation involves multiplication or reproduction through cell division of joined cells covering of internal and external surfaces of the body, including the lining of vessels and other small cavities.

(Epithelial Cell Proliferation, NCI Thesaurus)

Invasion and multiplication of germs in the body.

(Infectious Disorder, NCI Dictionary)

These are thought to be the first cancer cells which start the process of uncontrolled cell multiplication and cause tumors to form.

(‘Energetic Cancer Cells’ May Be Origin of Cancer Spread, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

To combine or increase by multiplication.

(Multiply, NCI Thesaurus)

Glial Cell Proliferation involves multiplication or reproduction through cell division of various types of glial cells, neural supportive cells in the central and peripheral nervous systems.

(Glial Cell Proliferation, NCI Thesaurus)

Megakaryocyte Proliferation involves multiplication or reproduction through cell division of megakaryocytes, a large cell in the bone marrow with a lobulated nucleus that releases mature blood platelets from its cytoplasm.

(Megakaryocyte Proliferation, NCI Thesaurus)

A multiplication factor used to obtain an estimated real-world value from a measured or calculated value.

(Calibration Factor, NCI Thesaurus)