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multiply
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[ verb ] (mathematics) combine by multiplication
Examples "multiply 10 by 15" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Multiply these figures by the millions of people known to be conned by medical pirates annually . (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)The actual change * * f caused by a shear field is calculated by multiplying the pressure differential times the volume , just_as_it_is for any gravitational or osmotic_pressure head . (Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)Strictly_speaking , this means that the probability for each possible outcome of the experiment can be computed by multiplying together the probabilities of the possible outcomes of the single binomial trials . |
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[ verb ] combine or increase by multiplication
Synonyms Examples "He managed to multiply his profits" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Since the concept of high_fidelity became important some dozen years ago , the claims of technical improvements have multiplied tenfold . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)Overnight , for_one_thing , Porter 's film multiplied the standard running_time of movies by ten . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)Although the government was probably prepared for elections by mid - 1958 , the first decision was no_doubt made more difficult as party strife multiplied . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)In_time , these minor manifestations will multiply and effloresce , riddling you with frambesia , the king's_evil , sheep_rot , and clonic spasm , until your very existence becomes a burden and you cry_out_for release . Related terms increase double triple quadruple proliferate quintuple multiplication |
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[ verb ] have young; used of animals; derogatory when used for people
Synonyms Used in print (A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)The concentration and apparent localization of the WTV antigen in pseudophloem tissue of the tumor may indicate that the virus preferentially multiplies in the phloem and may need to be directly placed in this tissue in_order_to infect plants . Related terms |
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[ verb ] have offspring or young
Examples "The deer in our neighborhood reproduce madly" "The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be" Related terms |
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