Multiplied
[mʌltɪplaɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Multiply
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Numerous, many.
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Examples
- So there it was, in the haze yonder; and it increased and multiplied. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- So we, a simple triad on empty earth, were multiplied to each other, till we became all in all. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The boat now began, with heavy groans, like some vast, tired monster, to prepare to push up among the multiplied steamers at the levee. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Since work is equal to force multiplied by distance, the man has done work represented by 200 × 6, or 1200. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Thus, as I believe, species are multiplied and genera are formed. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It warn't much--execution for nine pound nothin', multiplied by five for costs; but hows'ever here he stopped for seventeen year. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Instances might be multiplied of this easily gained and unconscious popularity. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The amount of work done depends upon the force used and the distance covered (sometimes called displacement), and hence we can say that Work = force multiplied by distance, or _W = f × d_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Come, come now, be cool, said Mr. Yorke, smiling at the earnestness with which Shirley multiplied her rapid questions. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The greatest objection to the translation is the sense given to the words (Greek), 'a base of three with a third added to it, multiplied by 5. Plato. The Republic.
- From 1830 onward railways multiplied. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Jos's friends, male and female, suddenly became interested about Emmy, and cards of condolence multiplied on her hall table. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Disputes are multiplied, as if every thing was uncertain; and these disputes are managed with the greatest warmth, as if every thing was certain. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- How multiplied are the uses to which water is put, and how completely it is being subjected to the use of man! William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The second (Greek), a cube of the same root, is described as 100 multiplied (alpha) by the rational diameter of 5 diminished by unity, i. Plato. The Republic.
- By the help of inferences and innuendoes, treasons multiplied in a prodigious manner. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Difficulties are multiplied when we pause for a moment to think of Edison's influence on collateral branches of business. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I should myself have shrunk from any thing so hasty, and she would have felt every scruple of mine with multiplied strength and refinement. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Raymond contemplated it with delight; the more he gazed, the more pleased he was; and yet the errors multiplied under inspection. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- An original record is first made by some celebrated musician or speaker, and this record is afterwards multiplied and reproduced in large numbers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The Talks Both Ways at Same Time and Multiplied. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- George bounded in afterwards, and flung his arms round the Major's neck (as they saw from the window), and began asking him multiplied questions. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- As the extent and complexity of government increased, the number of households multiplied. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The watt then would be the volt multiplied by the ampere; thus 500 watts would be 10 amperes at 50 volts, or 50 amperes at 10 volts. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I envied them, but felt how impossible it was to imbibe the same feeling, now that years had multiplied my ties in the world. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A few typical examples of the latter are given in Figs. 176 and 177, multiplied 1,000 diameters. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The number of holes in the disk multiplied by the number of revolutions a second gives the number of puffs of air produced in one second. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Restlessly active, after his manner, he multiplied himself to wait on all; but oh! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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