Multiply
['mʌltɪplaɪ]
Definition
(verb.) combine or increase by multiplication; 'He managed to multiply his profits'.
(verb.) combine by multiplication; 'multiply 10 by 15'.
(adv.) in several ways; in a multiple manner; 'they were multiply checked for errors'.
Inputed by Kelly--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
(v. t.) To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under Multiplication.
(v. t.) To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.
(v. i.) To become greater in number; to become numerous.
(v. i.) To increase in extent and influence; to spread.
(v. i.) To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.
Editor: Murdoch
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Increase (in number), make more, make many.
v. n. Increase, grow in number.
Checker: Prudence
Definition
v.t. to fold or increase many times: to make more numerous: to repeat any given number or quantity as often as there are units in another number.—v.i. to increase: to perform the arithmetical process of multiplication:—pr.p. mul′tiplying; pa.t. and pa.p. mul′tiplied.—adjs. Mul′tiplex having many folds: manifold: (bot.) with petals lying in folds over each other; Multiplī′able Mul′tiplicable that may be multiplied.—n. Mul′tiplicand a number or quantity to be multiplied by another.—adj. Mul′tiplicāte consisting of more than one: (bot.) multifold.—n. Multiplicā′tion the act of multiplying or increasing in number: the rule or operation by which any given number or quantity is multiplied.—adj. Mul′tiplicātive tending to multiply: having the power to multiply.—ns. Multiplic′ity the state of being multiplied or various: a great number: Mul′tiplier Mul′tiplicātor one who or that which multiplies or increases the number or quantity by which another is multiplied.—Multiplication table a tabular arrangement giving the products of pairs of numbers from 1 to 12.—Multiplying glass lens a glass lens with a number of facets causing an object to appear multiplied many times.
Checked by Irving
Examples
- The diseases of a State are like the heads of a hydra; they multiply when they are cut off. Plato. The Republic.
- The tiny yeast plants multiply and continue to make alcohol and gas, and in consequence, the dough becomes lighter and lighter. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The second, those which it can multiply in proportion to the demand. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Why then look any farther, or multiply suppositions without necessity? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It shows that as inventions multiply, so does the demand for their better and cheaper products increase. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There are small lateral columns of water outside which receive the force, and which transmit and multiply it in the manner which is familiar to you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- This is because the roots of these plants often have on them tiny swellings, or tubercles, in which millions of certain bacteria live and multiply. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- 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.
- It is still difficult to assign the honour of priority in the use of the simple expedient of printing for multiplying books. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In multiplying this sort of rude produce, therefore, the efficacy of human industry is not only limited, but uncertain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Your Grace may be well assured, said the Friar, that, with the grace of Saint Dunstan, I shall find the way of multiplying your most bounteous gift. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In multiplying another very important sort of rude produce, the quantity of fish that is brought to market, it is likewise both limited and uncertain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I would obtain the truth from her the following day--in the mean time--But, while I was occupied by multiplying reflections, Lord Raymond returned. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This is not, however, generally employed in multiplying impressions, but is used for making a punch or steel impression for relief. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The only way of multiplying writings was by copying one copy at a time, and this made books costly and rare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For this purpose an original record by suitable mechanism is made to take the place of the speaker or singer, and so multiplies and reproduces the original record. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Such a culture so multiplies the same microbe, to the exclusion of others, as to permit it to be easily identified and studied. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Every species of animals naturally multiplies in proportion to the means of their subsistence, and no species can ever multiply be yond it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Checker: Wyatt