multiplication
noun
mul·ti·pli·ca·tion
ˌməl-tə-plə-ˈkā-shən 
1
: the act or process of multiplying : the state of being multiplied
2
a
: a mathematical operation that at its simplest is an abbreviated process of adding an integer to zero a specified number of times and that is extended to other numbers in accordance with laws that are valid for integers
b
: any of various mathematical operations that are analogous in some way to multiplication of the real numbers but are defined for other or larger sets of elements (such as complex numbers, vectors, matrices, or functions)
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Examples of multiplication in a Sentence
Students are learning multiplication and division.
a disease causing uncontrolled multiplication of cells
an uncontrolled multiplication of cells
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Surrounding that are the chip’s AI workforce—four engines for matrix multiplication and 32 programmable units called tensor processor cores.
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IEEE Spectrum, 9 Apr. 2024
GPUs were designed to do matrix multiplication, a sophisticated form of linear algebra that is orders of magnitude faster than central processing units.
—Aydin Kilic, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
This combination of tools has featured in virtually all subsequent efforts to speed up matrix multiplication.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
For 2-by-2 matrices, that means 23 or 8 multiplications.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
The scientists designed the microchip to perform vector matrix multiplication operations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2024
And this multiplication of snakes is still ongoing, says Rabosky.
—Popular Science, 22 Feb. 2024
There were more than 2,000 VFX shots in the film, including CGI virtual sets, crowd multiplication and digital prosthetics.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Jan. 2024
The first is nonlinearity, the idea that change will happen by factors of multiplication, rather than addition.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2024
IEEE Spectrum, 9 Apr. 2024
GPUs were designed to do matrix multiplication, a sophisticated form of linear algebra that is orders of magnitude faster than central processing units.
—Aydin Kilic, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
This combination of tools has featured in virtually all subsequent efforts to speed up matrix multiplication.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
For 2-by-2 matrices, that means 23 or 8 multiplications.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
The scientists designed the microchip to perform vector matrix multiplication operations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2024
And this multiplication of snakes is still ongoing, says Rabosky.
—Popular Science, 22 Feb. 2024
There were more than 2,000 VFX shots in the film, including CGI virtual sets, crowd multiplication and digital prosthetics.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Jan. 2024
The first is nonlinearity, the idea that change will happen by factors of multiplication, rather than addition.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2024
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multiplication
noun
mul·ti·pli·ca·tion
ˌməl-tə-plə-ˈkā-shən
1
: the act or process of multiplying
2
: a mathematical operation that takes two numbers and gives an answer equal to the sum of a column containing one of the numbers repeated the number of times of the other number
the multiplication of 8 and 3 is the same as the sum of 8+8+8
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