MULTIPLICATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
   Synonym(s)
   • generation (what does generation mean?)
   • propagation (what does propagation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) multiplication is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • reproduction (what does reproduction mean?)
   • procreation (what does procreation mean?)
   • breeding (what does breeding mean?)
   • facts of life (what does facts of life mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • biogenesis (what does biogenesis mean?)
   • biogeny (what does biogeny mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • propagate (what does propagate mean?)
   • propagate (what does propagate mean?)
   • propagate (what does propagate mean?)
   • reproduce (what does reproduce mean?)
   • procreate (what does procreate mean?)
   • multiply (what does multiply mean?)
   • breed (what does breed mean?)
   • multiply (what does multiply mean?)
   • beget (what does beget mean?)
   • get (what does get mean?)
   • engender (what does engender mean?)
   • father (what does father mean?)
   • mother (what does mother mean?)
   • sire (what does sire mean?)
   • generate (what does generate mean?)
   • bring forth (what does bring forth mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division
   • the product of two numbers is computed
   Synonym(s)
   • times (what does times mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the multiplication of four by three gives twelve
   • four times three equals twelve
   Hypernyms(s) multiplication is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • arithmetic operation (what does arithmetic operation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • multiply (what does multiply mean?)
   • multiply (what does multiply mean?)
   • manifold (what does manifold mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a multiplicative increase
   Usage Example(s)
   • repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors
   • this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth
   Hypernyms(s) multiplication is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • increase (what does increase mean?)
   • increment (what does increment mean?)
   • growth (what does growth mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • doubling (what does doubling mean?)
   • quadrupling (what does quadrupling mean?)
   • quintupling (what does quintupling mean?)
   • tripling (what does tripling mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • multiply (what does multiply mean?)
   • manifold (what does manifold mean?)