Multiplication

(noun.) an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed; 'the multiplication of four by three gives twelve'; 'four times three equals twelve'.

(noun.) a multiplicative increase; 'repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors'; 'this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth'.

整理:薇尔玛

• The most complicated problems of multiplication, division and fractions may be handled with ease on these machines. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The first machine to perform multiplication by means of successive additions was invented by Leibnitz in the year 1671 and completed in 1694. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Their method of multiplication is by fissiparism--that is to say, each splits into two independent beings that separate and afterwards lead independent lives. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• By means of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, settle everything somehow, and never wonder. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• How the impertinences, ignorances, and insults went through the multiplication table. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and even square and cube root can be performed on the abacus, and in the hands of a skilled operator considerable speed can be obtained. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It's as well known in the town as—please, sir, as the multiplication table isn't known to the horse-riders. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• About 2300 B..they had multiplication tables running from 1 to 1350, which were probably used in connection with astronomical calculations. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• On the contrary, the force seems to increase, just as the number of printing establishments increase, with the multiplication of new inventions. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Provision is made for the correction of errors, and operation is in two directions, forward for addition and multiplication, and backward for subtraction and division. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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