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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