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multiplicative

UK/ˈmʌltɪplɪˌkeɪtɪv/

multiplicative adjective: of or pertaining to multiplication.

Adjective

multiplicative (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to multiplication.
  2. (usually) Distributive over multiplication.
    • Matrix determinants are multiplicative; if A and B are square matrices of the same size, then #92;mbox#123;det#125;(AB)#61;#92;mbox#123;det#125;(A)#92;,#92;mbox#123;det#125;(B).
  3. Having multiplication as an operator.

Noun

multiplicative (countable and uncountable, plural multiplicatives)

  1. A grammatical adverbial case in Finnish.

multiplicative meaning in Hindi and Urdu

multiplicative in Hindi

of or pertaining to multiplication
गुणनात्मक guṇnātmak
distributive over multiplication
गुणनात्मक guṇnātmak

multiplicative in Urdu

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Examples of multiplicative in a sentence

  • The modular multiplicative inverse of x may be noted x⁻¹.
  • A field homomorphism is a map from one field to another one which is additive, multiplicative, zero-preserving, and unit-preserving.
  • The multiplicative subgroup of a Galois field is cyclic.

All 12 example sentences with multiplicative

Forms of multiplicative

pluralmultiplicatives

Origin of multiplicative

From 6th-century Latin multiplicativus, from Classical Latin multiplicāre (“to multiply”).

Words formed from multiplicative

Phrases with multiplicative

Questions about multiplicative

What does multiplicative mean?
Multiplicative means of or pertaining to multiplication.
What is multiplicative in Hindi?
Multiplicative in Hindi is गुणनात्मक (guṇnātmak). See Multiplicative meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is multiplicative?
Multiplicative can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce multiplicative?
Multiplicative is pronounced /ˈmʌltɪplɪˌkeɪtɪv/ (UK).

Words near multiplicative in the dictionary

  1. multiplication signs
  2. multiplication table
  3. multiplication tables
  4. multiplicational
  5. multiplications
  6. multiplicative
  7. multiplicative identities
  8. multiplicative identity
  9. multiplicative inverse
  10. multiplicative inverses
  11. multiplicative number

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Adapted from Wiktionary: multiplicative (page history and authors); multiplicative (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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