multiplation
multiplation is the misconstruction of multiplication.
Meaning of multiplication
Noun
multiplication (countable and uncountable, plural multiplications)
- The process of computing the sum of an addition with one and the same number a specified number of times (i.e. 4 times 5 = [0 +] 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20) or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.
- A calculation involving multiplication.
- The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase.
- If the lesser nobility have remained more numerous, it must be attributed partly to the gradual multiplication of letters of nobility, and partly to the state of indigence in which in some provinces vast numbers of the gentry lived, and which left them strangers to those habits of caution by which...1843, Journal of the Statistical Society of London, volume 6, page 191
Forms of multiplation
| plural | multiplations |
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Origin of multiplation
From multiply + -ation.
Questions about multiplation
- What is multiplation the misconstruction of?
- Multiplation is the misconstruction of multiplication.
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