[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
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin multiplicatio(n-), from multiplicare (see multiply)