Multiplication
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English
Noun
multiplication
- (Mathematics) The process of multiplying two or more numbers.
Multiplication is a binary operation.
When applied to whole numbers, multiplication can be considered as repeated addition. The multiplication x × y is the same as x + x + ... + x, where the x appears y times in the addition, or y + y + ... + y, where the y appears x times in the addition.
Translations
- Chinese character: 乘 / 乗
- Chinese: 乘法 (chengfa)
- Dutch: vermenigvuldiging f
- Estonian: korrutamine
- Finnish: kertolasku
- French: multiplication (on this page) f
- Frisian: fermannichfâldiging
- German: Multiplikation f
- Italian: moltiplicazione f
- Japanese: 掛け算 (かけざん), 乗法 (じょうほう)
- Polish: mnożenie n
- Spanish: multiplicación f
Related terms
- multiplicand
- multiplicative
- multiplicity
- multiply
French
Noun
multiplication f
- multiplication
Related terms
- multi-
- multiple
- multiplicande
- multiplicatif
- multiplicité
- multiplier