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Multiplication

noun

The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production. Synonyms: generation, propagation.

A multiplicative increase. "This multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth"

An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed. Synonym: times. "Four times three equals twelve"

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"Multiplication" Quotes from Famous Books

... thereof notwithstanding the pains they afterwards endure, and the hazard of their lives that often follows it. And this comes to pass, not so much from an inordinate lust in woman, as that the great Director of Nature, for the increase and multiplication of mankind, and even all other species in the elementary world, hath placed such a magnetic virtue in the womb, that it draws the seed to it, ...

— The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher • Anonymous

... uncle named Pumblechook, who was a corn seller in the next town and a pompous old hypocrite. He had a way of standing Pip before him, rumpling up his hair and asking him hard questions out of the multiplication table. And whenever he told a story of any one who was ungrateful or wicked he would glower at Pip in a way that made him ...

— Tales from Dickens • Charles Dickens and Hallie Erminie Rives

... and take away from the shells, and count the accumulation, or the remainder. At last, I could remember what I had gained by manipulation, if I may use the term; but further I could not go, although addition had, to a degree, made me master of multiplication, and subtraction gave me a good ...

— The Little Savage • Captain Frederick Marryat

... six organizations had been founded, the machinery for the conduct of the business of a civilized people was almost complete. But still one other want developed: with the multiplication of the corporation tokens of property, it became necessary that there should be some place where the worth of these might be ascertained either by purchase, sale, or loan under the regulation of experts. So there was created a common ...

— Frenzied Finance - Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated • Thomas W. Lawson

... detail merely because I believe that it had a considerable influence on Victoria's feelings toward him. Her varied nature included a vivid streak of the romantic, and with every expansion in his belt and every multiplication of the folds of his chin William Adolphus came to satisfy this instinct in her less and less. She sought other interests; she contrived to combine very dexterously the femme incomprise with the leader of fashion; she posed as a patron of letters and the arts, indulging in intellectual ...

— The King's Mirror • Anthony Hope

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