partial product

American  

[pahr-shuhl prahd-uhkt] / ˈpɑr ʃəl ˈprɑd əkt /

noun

1. Mathematics. the product of a multiplicand and just one part of the multiplier, so that when each part of the multiplier has been thus multiplied, the sum of the partial products will equal the whole product of the original multiplicand and multiplier. For example, 9 × 32 = (9 × 30) + (9 × 2) = 270 + 18 = 288.

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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

Somehow Tessie had become a partial product of the South.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

This material can be a partial product from almost any cupellation where oxidation takes place below the melting point of the oxide.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

For elementary work the multiplicand may come immediately after the multiplier, as in D; the last figure of each partial product then comes immediately under the corresponding figure of the multiplier.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

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 The Psychology of Arithmetic by Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)

In long division the divisor is put on the left of the dividend, and the quotient on the right; and each partial product, with the remainder after its subtraction, is shown in full.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various