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| adaptation |
in biology, the process of change in a living thing, over time, resulting in it being better able to survive and multiply. [1/4 definitions] |
| adding machine |
a machine, often used by businesses, that is able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, esp. one that prints the work on paper. |
| arithmetic |
the study of the use of numbers to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Arithmetic is a basic area of mathematics. |
| associative property |
in addition and multiplication, the characteristic that allows you to add or multiply a group of numbers in any order and get the same answer. For example, in multiplication, (5 x 2) x 7 is equal to (7 x 2) x 5. |
| calculate |
to add, subtract, multiply, or divide in order to find an answer to a number question. |
| calculator |
a small machine used to add, subtract, multiply, or divide numbers. |
| cube1 |
to multiply by itself twice. [1/5 definitions] |
| decuple |
to multiply by ten. [1/4 definitions] |
| distributive property |
in mathematics, a characteristic of numbers that allows you to multiply a group of numbers and get the same answer you would get if you multiplied each member of the group and then combined the answers. For example, 4 x (8 + 1 + 5) is equal to (4 x 8) + (4 x 1) + (4 x 5). |
| increase |
to multiply by reproduction. [1/6 definitions] |
| octuple |
to multiply by eight. [1/3 definitions] |
| proliferate |
to multiply or grow quickly by, or as though by, cell division and the reproductive processes of living things. [1/3 definitions] |
| quadruple |
to multiply or be multiplied by four. [1/2 definitions] |
| quadruplicate |
to multiply by four. [1/5 definitions] |
| quintuple |
to multiply or be multiplied by five. [1/4 definitions] |
| quintuplicate |
to multiply or increase by a factor of five. [1/5 definitions] |
| septuple |
to multiply by seven; make seven times as much or as many. [1/3 definitions] |
| square |
to multiply (a number) by itself. [1/22 definitions] |
| treble |
to multiply by three; triple. [1/7 definitions] |
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