| 单词 | multiplication |
| 释义 | multiplication —multiplicational, adj. /mul'teuh pli kay"sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of multiplying or the state of being multiplied. 2. Arith. a mathematical operation, symbolized by a × b, a · b, a * b, or ab, and signifying, when a and b are positive integers, that a is to be added to itself as many times as there are units in b; the addition of a number to itself as often as is indicated by another number, as in 2×3 or 5×10. 3. Math. any generalization of this operation applicable to numbers other than integers, as fractions or irrational numbers. [1350-1400; ME multiplicacio(u)n < L multiplication- (s. of multiplicatio). See MULTI-, PLICATION] |
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