Definition of Multiplicative

1. Adjective. Tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree. "The multiplicative tendency of proportional representation"

Similar to: Increasing
Derivative terms: Multiply, Multiply

Definition of Multiplicative

1. a. Tending to multiply; having the power to multiply, or incease numbers.

Definition of Multiplicative

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to multiplication. ¹

2. Noun. (grammar) A grammatical adverbial case in Finnish. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Multiplicative

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Multiplicative

multiplexing
multiplexings
multiplexor
multiplexors
multipliable
multiplicable
multiplicand
multiplicands
multiplicate
multiplication
multiplication sign
multiplication signs
multiplication table
multiplication tables
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multiplicative division
multiplicative growth
multiplicative identities
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multiplicative inverse
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Literary usage of Multiplicative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fundamental Sources of Efficiency by Fletcher Durell (1914)
"CHAPTER V Multiplicative GROUPS Groups may be used not only singly, ... Illustration of Multiplicative Groups For example, if the commanding general wishes ..."

2. Fundamental Sources of Efficiency by Fletcher Durell (1914)
"CHAPTER V Multiplicative GROUPS Groups may be used not only singly, ... Illustration of Multiplicative Groups For example, if the commanding general wishes ..."

3. The State Of Mathematics Achievement: Naep's 1990 Assessment Of The Nation by Ina V. S. Mullis (2004)
"Level 250 -- Simple Multiplicative Reasoning and Two-Step Problem ... of quantitative reasoning with whole numbers from additive to multiplicative settings. ..."

4. Spinors, Clifford, and Cayley Algebras by Robert Hermann (1974)
"Multiplicative NORMS AND COMPOSITION ALGEBRAS The Cayley algebra has ... It also has a multiplicative norm which generalizes the norm of a complex number. ..."

5. An English Grammar: Methodical, Analytical, and Historical. With a Treatise by Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner (1874)
"The multiplicative numerals two/old, threefold, ... The analogy of the fractional with the multiplicative number is self-evident. c. Pronominal Adjectives. ..."

6. The Principles of Latin Grammar: Comprising the Substance of the Most by Peter Bullions (1859)
"Multiplicative NUMBERS. 107.—Multiplicatives denote how many fold; they all end in ex, and are declined ..."

7. Diophantine Analysis by Robert Daniel Carmichael (1915)
"CHAPTER II PROBLEMS INVOLVING A Multiplicative DOMAIN § 7. ON NUMBERS OF THE FORM x2 +axy+by2 NUMBERS of the form m2+n2 have a remarkable property which is ..."

8. A Treatise on Universal Algebra: With Applications by Alfred North Whitehead (1898)
"We may notice that if E'^-^ be any other multiplicative combination of ... 0; where E^ is any multiplicative combination of the /u.th order other than E^. ..."

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