| 单词 | multiplication |
| 释义 | multiplication (once / 2420 pages) n In math, multiplication is when you add a number to itself a certain number of times. The multiplication of 3 times 2 gives you an answer of 6. if you put two bunnies in a cage and end up with six, that's a different type of multiplication. Multiplication falls under the mathematical category of arithmetic, and it's usually taught after addition and subtraction. When you memorize your times tables in school, you're learning multiplication. In science, the word multiplication is sometimes used to talk about the increase of an organism through generations of reproducing, like the multiplication of a farmer's sheep flock as more lambs are born. The Latin root word is multiplicare, "to increase." WORD FAMILYmultiplication: multiplications+/multiple: multiples, multiplicity, multiply/multiplicative: multiplicatively/multiplicity: multiplicities/multiplier: multipliers/multiply: multiplication, multiplicative, multiplied, multiplier, multiplies, multiplying USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s about the endless multiplication of vested interests that taxpayers and consumers are forced to support in our supposedly free society. Wall Street Journal(Dec 09, 2016) “One day when we all got in the car for a short trip, he blurted out ‘teach me multiplication.’” Washington Times(Nov 21, 2016) In class, they balance course loads that include drilling multiplication tables and writing kanji characters. New York Times(Nov 18, 2016) 1n an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed the multiplication of four by three gives twelve Syn|Hyper times arithmetic operation a mathematical operation involving numbers 2n a multiplicative increase repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth Hypo|Hyper doubling increase by a factor of two quadruplingincrease by a factor of four quintuplingincreasing by a factor of five triplingincrease by a factor of three growth, increase, increment a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important 3n the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production Syn|Hypo|Hyper generation, propagation biogenesis, biogeny the production of living organisms from other living organisms breeding, facts of life, procreation, reproduction the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
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