喜樂美語
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    The math operation of adding a number to itself a certain number of times — shown by the sign ×. For example, 3 × 4 means adding 3 to itself 4 times. Outside of math class, 'multiplication' can also just mean a big increase in the number of something, like 'the multiplication of new rules every year.'

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組成multi- (many) + Latin 'plicare' (to fold) + -ication

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  • multiplythe verb form — to do multiplication, or to increase greatly in number
  • multipleshares the 'multi-' root, meaning many

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

multiplicationnoun/ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪʃən/

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    arithmeticThe process of computing the sum of an addition with one and the same number a specified number of times (i.e. 4 times 5 = [0 +] 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20) or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.

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    arithmeticA calculation involving multiplication.

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    The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase.

    • If the lesser nobility have remained more numerous, it must be attributed partly to the gradual multiplication of letters of nobility, and partly to the state of indigence in which in some provinces vast numbers of the gentry lived, and which left them strangers to those habits of caution by which opulent families are governed.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。