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The nineteenth letter of the .
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
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(arithmetic) To perform multiplication on (a number).
To grow in number.
To breed or propagate.
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, title= (arithmetic) To perform multiplication.
(rare) To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor).
* 1983 , Graham Flegg, Numbers , 2002 edition, ISBN 0486421651, page 154 [http://books.google.com/books?id=C0Wcb9c6c18C&pg=PA154&dq=multiplies]:
* 1993 , Edward T. Dowling, (w, Schaum's Outline) of Theory and Problems of Mathematical Methods for Business and Economics , ISBN 0070176744, page 14 [http://books.google.com/books?id=8PaQk7LodfoC&pg=PA14&dq=multiplies]:
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(computer science) An act or instance of multiplying.
As a letter s
is the letter s with a.As a verb multiply is
to increase the amount, degree or number of (something).As a noun multiply is
(computer science) an act or instance of multiplying.As an adverb multiply is
in many or multiple ways.s
Translingual
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) multiplier, from (etyl) . The noun presumably derives from the verb.Verb
- Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience.
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- This follows a similar process, counters having to be removed and replaced at each stage of the remaining part of the calculation except the final one, where 2 multiplies 3 to give 6.
- Of all the possible combinations of factors above, only . Carefully arranging the factors, therefore, to ensure that 2 multiplies' 4 and 3 ' multiplies 5, we have