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multiplicative
[ muhl-tuh-pli-key-tiv, muhl-tuh-plik-uh- ]
adjective
- tending to multiply or increase, or having the power to multiply:
Smoking and asbestos exposure have a multiplicative effect on your risk of getting lung cancer.
- Mathematics of or relating to multiplication.
- relating to or noting a word or affix that indicates multiplication, as triple, threefold, or tri-.
multiplicative
/ ˈmʌltɪplɪˌkeɪtɪv; ˌmʌltɪˈplɪkətɪv /
adjective
- tending or able to multiply
- maths involving multiplication
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Derived Forms
- ˈmultipliˌcatively, adverb
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Other Words From
- mul·ti·pli·ca·tive·ly adverb
- non·mul·ti·pli·ca·tive adjective
- non·mul·ti·pli·ca·tive·ly adverb
- un·mul·ti·pli·ca·tive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of multiplicative1
First recorded in 1645–55; from Medieval Latin multiplicātīvus; multiplicate, -ive
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Example Sentences
Those two changes have helped the Warriors do a much better job of maximizing the value of every possession — which has had a multiplicative effect because their shooting has also been so extremely good.
From FiveThirtyEight
And similarly a perspective is a member of the multiplicative class of the things which appear in it.
From Project Gutenberg
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