"multiplication" in the noun sense
1. generation, multiplication, propagation
the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
2. multiplication
a multiplicative increase
"repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors"
"this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth"
3. multiplication, times
an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division the product of two numbers is computed
"the multiplication of four by three gives twelve"
"four times three equals twelve"
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