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multiplication n. [
generation, propagation] the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
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multiplication n. a multiplicative increase; "repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors"; "this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth"
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multiplication n. [
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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