MULTIPLICATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does multiplicative mean? 

• MULTIPLICATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective MULTIPLICATIVE has 1 sense:

1. tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree

  Familiarity information: MULTIPLICATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MULTIPLICATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree

Context example:

the multiplicative tendency of proportional representation

Similar:

increasing (becoming greater or larger)

Derivation:

multiply (combine or increase by multiplication)

multiply (combine by multiplication)

 Context examples 

The NMDA receptors did this by amplifying the cells’ responses to the bars in a process called multiplicative scaling.

(Eye cells may use math to detect motion, NIH)