From HomoExcelsior

1. The act or process of multiplying or the condition of being multiplied. 2. Propagation of plants and animals; procreation. 3. The operation that, for integers, consists of adding a number (the multiplicand) to itself a certain number of times. The operation is extended to other real numbers according to the rules governing the multiplication of integers. 4. Any of certain analogous operations involving expressions other than real numbers.

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