multiplication

multiplication
noun
  1. [mass noun]the process or skill of multiplying
    增多;倍增;繁殖;乘法;乘法运算
    we need to use both multiplication and division to find the answers.
    要找到答案,我们必须乘法和除法并用。
    [count noun]these formulae involve a number of multiplications.
    这几个公式涉及多次乘法运算。
    ■(Mathematics)the process of combining matrices, vectors, or other quantities under specific rules to obtain their product
    (数)(矩阵、矢量或其他量的)乘法
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin multiplicatio(n-), from multiplicare (see multiply)
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