multiplication
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8.1
- noun
- /ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪʃən/
:
reproducción
- The Shroud was, of course, by no means unique in its operation through the multiplication of species.
- multiplication of species
Examples
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Simple plant multiplication for the masses.
Fiction book (2002) -
A cancer is an uncontrolled multiplication of cells; the population explosion is an uncontrolled multiplication of people.
Blog text (12) -
With each cell division, each multiplication, they mutate and perfect themselves much more quickly than we do.
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Providing pregnant women with HIV-related treatment and services may decrease the disease process, stop the multiplication of the virus, and keep the women healthier.
Academic text (2009) -
His followers were used to the miraculous healings, multiplication of food, and authoritative teachings.
Blog text (25) -
We have here an echo of the theory of the multiplication of species used by a seventeenth-century theologian explicating the Shroud and its divine imprint.
Academic text (1995) -
Animal populations rely on the multiplication of individuals to ensure their survival in changing environments.
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The multiplication of bacteria in the lab was carefully monitored to understand their growth patterns.
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In nature, the multiplication of various plant species helps maintain ecological balance.
Synonyms
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3.2
The process of making something like electricity or new cells
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3.1
The process of producing new animals or plants by choosing which ones mate
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3.9
A way living things make babies or young
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5.6
The process when people or animals have babies
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Plants or animals producing young so their number grows
To produce children or young animals
Compounds
- Specialized
A small raised dot used to show multiplication in math, often instead of the letter x
How Often
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Multiplication comes from Latin parts multi- meaning 'many' and -plic- meaning 'to fold' or 'to make', and it shares the same root as multiply and multiple. A helpful image is 'making many', so in biology multiplication means producing many offspring or young.