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multiplication

mul.ti.pli.ca.tion \.m*l-t*-pl*-'ka--sh*n\ n [ME multiplicacioun, fr. MF 
   multiplication, fr. L multiplication]-, multiplicatio, fr. multiplicatus, 
   pp. of multiplicare to multiply 1a: the act or process of multiplying  1b: 
   the state of being multiplied  2: a mathematical operation that at its 
   simplest is an abbreviated process  of adding an integer to itself a 
   specified number of times and that is extended to other numbers in 
   accordance with laws that are valid for integers