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multiplicative

[ muhl-tuh-pli-key-tiv, muhl-tuh-plik-uh- ]

adjective

  1. 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.

  2. Mathematics of or relating to multiplication.
  3. relating to or noting a word or affix that indicates multiplication, as triple, threefold, or tri-.


multiplicative

/ ˈmʌltɪplɪˌkeɪtɪv; ˌmʌltɪˈplɪkətɪv /

adjective

  1. tending or able to multiply
  2. maths involving multiplication
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

And similarly a perspective is a member of the multiplicative class of the things which appear in it.

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