'Multiplying' definitions:
Definition of 'Multiplying'
From: GCIDE
- Multiply \Mul"ti*ply\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Multiplied; p. pr. & vb. n. Multiplying.] [F. multiplier, L. multiplicare, fr. multiplex manifold. See Multitude, Complex.]
- 1. To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to. [1913 Webster]
- Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience. --Ames. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Math.) To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number
- 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under Multiplication. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Multiplying gear (Mach.), gear for increasing speed.
- Multiplying lens. (Opt.) See under Lens. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'multiplying'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- crescendoing,
- crescent,
- expanding,
- growing,
- increase,
- increasing,
- incremental,
- intensifying,
- lengthening,
- multiple,
- multiplication,
- multiplication table,
- multiplier,
- on the increase,
- proliferating,
- proliferation,
- snowballing,
- spreading,
- swelling,
- tables,
- tightening,
- waxing