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What is the difference between multiplicity and multiplication?

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Multiplication is a related term of multiplicity.



As nouns the difference between multiplicity and multiplication

is that multiplicity is the state of being made of multiple diverse elements while multiplication is the process of computing the sum of a number with itself a specified number of times, or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.

multiplicity

English

Noun

(wikipedia multiplicity) (multiplicities)
  • the state of being made of multiple diverse elements
  • (mathematics) the number of values for which a given condition holds
  • a large indeterminate number
  • (software engineering, UML) The number of instances that can occur on a given end of a relationship, including 0..1, 1, 0..* or *, and 1..*.

    • See also

    * cardinality * manyness

    multiplication

    English

    (wikipedia multiplication)

    Noun

  • (uncountable, mathematics) The process of computing the sum of a number with itself a specified number of times, or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.
  • (countable) A calculation involving multiplication.
    • The teacher set us ten multiplications as homework.

    Derived terms

    * cross-multiplication * multiplication sign * multiplication table * scalar multiplication

    Related terms

    * multi- * multiplicand * multiplicative * multiplicity * multiply

    See also

    * addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend English words suffixed with -tion ----