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Meaning of Multiplication | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪʃən

Definitions

  1. The process of computing the sum of an addition with one and the same number a specified number of times (i.e. 4 times 5 = [0 +] 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20) or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.
  2. A calculation involving multiplication.
  3. The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase.

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Examples

“If the lesser nobility have remained more numerous, it must be attributed partly to the gradual multiplication of letters of nobility, and partly to the state of indigence in which in some provinces vast numbers of the gentry lived, and which left them strangers to those habits of caution by which opulent families are governed.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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