multiplication
Definitions of multiplication
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the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspringsynonyms: procréation, reproductiontypes:métissagereproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)génération, procréation, propagationthe act of producing offspring or multiplying by such productiontype of:
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the act of making copiestype of:copiagean act of copying
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the process of generating offspringsynonyms: reproductiontypes:reproduction asexuéereproduction without the fusion of gametesfission, scissiparitéreproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal partstype of:
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copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
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a multiplicative increasetype of:augmentationa process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
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