multiplicative
[muhl-tuh-pli-key-tiv, muhl-tuh-plik-uh-]
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adjective
tending to multiply or increase.
having the power of multiplying.
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Nearby words
- multiplicand,
- multiplicate,
- multiplication,
- multiplication sign,
- multiplication table,
- multiplicative division,
- multiplicative group,
- multiplicative identity,
- multiplicative inverse,
- multiplicity
Origin of multiplicative
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Examples from the Web for multiplicative
And similarly a perspective is a member of the multiplicative class of the things which appear in it.
Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays|Bertrand Russell
multiplicative
adjective
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multiplicative
1650s, from Medieval Latin multiplicativus, from multiplicat-, past participle stem of multiplicare (see multiply).
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