the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
a multiplicative increase;"repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors" "this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth"
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"
中英词源
multiplication 乘法
来自multiply,乘。引申词义乘法。
multiplication (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French multiplicacion (12c.) "multiplication, duplication; multiplicity, diversity," from Latin multiplicationem (nominative multiplicatio), noun of action from past participle stem of multiplicare (see multiply). Mathematical sense is attested from late 14c.
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词态变化
复数 multiplications;
权威造句
1. Increasing gravity is known to speed up the multiplication of cells.
我们知道不断增加的引力会加速细胞的分裂。
来自柯林斯例句
2. We had multiplication tables drilled into us at school.
以前我们上学得反复背诵乘法表.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The teacher hammers away at the multiplication tables.
老师反复地念诵乘法表.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The teacher hammered away at the multiplication tables.
老师一再朗读乘法表.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. There will be simple tests in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
