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Polysyndetic :: Polysyndetic (a.) Characterized by polysyndeton, or the multiplication of conjunctions..

Superfetate :: Superfecundity (n.) Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species.

Sarcina :: Sarcina (n.) A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group..

Multiplier :: Multiplier (n.) The number by which another number is multiplied. See the Note under Multiplication.

Multiply :: Multiply (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.

Multiplication :: Multiplication (n.) The act or process of multiplying, or of increasing in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural generation..

Multiplicand :: Multiplicand (n.) The number which is to be multiplied by another number called the multiplier. See Note under Multiplication.

Multiplication :: Multiplication (n.) The process of repeating, or adding to itself, any given number or quantity a certain number of times; commonly, the process of ascertaining by a briefer computation the result of such repeated additions; also, the rule by which the operation is performed; -- the reverse of division..

Division :: Division (n.) The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed..

Phthiriasis :: Phthiriasis (n.) A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the excessive multiplication of lice on the human body.

Product :: Product (n.) The number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity to itself as many times as there are units in another number; the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers; as, the product of the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the result of any kind of multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication..

Napier''s Rods :: Napier's rods () A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each divided into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of the multiplication table; -- a contrivance of Baron Napier, the inventor of logarithms, for facilitating the operations of multiplication and division..

Equimultiple :: Equimultiple (n.) One of the products arising from the multiplication of two or more quantities by the same number or quantity. Thus, seven times 2, or 14, and seven times 4, or 28, are equimultiples of 2 and 4..

Logarithm :: Logarithm (n.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division..

Population :: Population (n.) The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

Mycothrix :: Mycothrix (n.) The chain of micrococci formed by the division of the micrococci in multiplication.

Fold :: Fold (v.) Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four..

Endogeny :: Endogeny (n.) Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell..

Vacuolation :: Vacuolation (n.) Formation into, or multiplication of, vacuoles..

On :: On (prep.) In addition to; besides; -- indicating multiplication or succession in a series; as, heaps on heaps; mischief on mischief; loss on loss; thought on thought..

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