partial product

British  

noun

1. the result obtained when a number is multiplied by one digit of a multiplier

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partial product Scientific  

1. A product formed by multiplying the multiplicand by one digit of the multiplier when the multiplier has more than one digit. Partial products are used as intermediate steps in calculating larger products. For example, the product of 67 and 12 can be calculated as the sum of two partial products, 134 (67 × 2) + 670 (67 × 10), or 804.

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Example Sentences

But, in some cases, partial product lines will be taxed while other parts are not.

From New York Times

Yes, as a partial product of these demographic shifts, the parties have all but diverged.

From Slate

Somehow Tessie had become a partial product of the South.

From Literature

Rather they learn about decimal notation by carrying, borrowing, writing the last figure of each partial product under the multiplier which gives that product, etc.

From Project Gutenberg

Should he learn why he puts the units figure of each partial product in multiplication under the figure that he multiplies by, only to forget the reason as soon as he has command of the process?

From Project Gutenberg