multiplication meaning and definition

MULTIPLICATION noun

Definition of multiplication (noun)

1. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
   • synonyms: generation, propagation
2. a multiplicative increase
   • "repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors"; "this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth"
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"
   • synonyms: times