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1. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production (Freq. 1) • Syn: generation, propagation • Derivationally related forms: propagate (for: propagation), multiply, generate (for: generation) • Hypernyms: reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life • Hyponyms: biogenesis, biogeny 2. a multiplicative increase - repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors - this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth • Derivationally related forms: multiply • Hypernyms: increase, increment, growth • Hyponyms: doubling, quadrupling, quintupling, tripling 3. 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 • Syn: times • Derivationally related forms: multiply • Hypernyms: arithmetic operation
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