Engelsk substantiv: multiplication | |||
1. | multiplication (om handling) the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | generation, propagation | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | breeding, facts of life, procreation, reproduction | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | biogenesis, biogeny | ||
2. | multiplication (om prosess) a multiplicative increase | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors. This multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | growth, increase, increment | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | doubling, quadrupling, quintupling, tripling | ||
3. | multiplication (om handling) an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The multiplication of four by three gives twelve. Four times three equals twelve. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | times | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | arithmetic operation | ||