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multiply

verb
/ˈmʌltɪplaɪ//ˈmʌltɪpli/

Etymology

From Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicō, from multi (“many”) + plicō (“to fold”). The noun presumably derives from the verb.

  1. derived from multiplicō
  2. derived from multiplier

Definitions

  1. To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).

    • The motives to refuse obedience to government are many and strong ; impunity will multiply and enforce them
    • It would indeed be easy to multiply modern authorities respecting locustal food; one more authority shall suffice, from which it will appear that the Arabs make a sort of locust bread.

  2. To perform multiplication on (a number).

    • when you multiply 3 by 7, you get 21; he multiplied several numbers
    • But that can be ignored, because the USTR has set ε at 4 and φ at 0.25, so when computed give an overall multiplier of 1 for the imports number. And multiplying by 1 makes no difference at all.

  3. To grow in number.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. To breed or propagate.

    2. To perform multiplication.

      • He had been multiplying, but it occurred to him he needed to resolve the exponents, first.
      • I could add and subtract and multiply and divide, but I entered the wilderness when words became equations.

    3. To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor).

      • This follows a similar process, counters having to be removed and replaced at each stage of the remaining part of the calculation except the final one, where 2 multiplies 3 to give 6.
      • Of all the possible combinations of factors above, only (2#92;cdot4)#43;(3#92;cdot5)#61;23. Carefully arranging the factors, therefore, to ensure that 2 multiplies 4 and 3 multiplies 5, we have 6x²#43;23x#43;20#61;(2x#43;5)(3x#43;4)

    4. An act or instance of multiplying.

      • The extended instruction set may double the speed again if a lot of multiplies and divides are done.
      • List the number of adds and multiplies for each of the forms (6) , (7), and (8).

    5. In many or multiple ways.

    6. Having more than one ply or layer

      Having more than one ply or layer; multilayered.

      • 2,751,151. MULTIPLY PAPER SACKS. […] A multiply paper bag […] the plies of the side flaps being stepped longitudinally of the bag […]

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Derived

cross-multiply, demultiply, go forth and multiply, multiplee, multipliable, multiplicand, multiplication, multiplicatory, multiplier, multiplying glass, multiplying lens, overmultiply, postmultiply, premultiply, remultiplication, remultiply, unmultiplied, unmultiply

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at multiply. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at multiply. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at multiply

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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