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multiplying

/ˈmʌltɪplaɪɪŋ/

/ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪɪŋ/

multiplyingnoun

Gerund: the act or process of multiplying.

Translations

multiplicationEmploi nominal pour le processus d’augmentation en nombre.

Constant multiplying of digital files has filled up the server.

La multiplication constante des fichiers numériques a saturé le serveur.

Definitions

The act or process of increasing in number; multiplication.

Constant multiplying of digital files has filled up the server.

Synonyms

multiplyinggerund / present participle

/ˈmʌltɪplaɪɪŋ/

/ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪɪŋ/

Used attributively or predicatively to describe something that is undergoing multiplication.

Translations

proliférantSurtout pour des organismes ou des cellules qui se multiplient rapidement.

The multiplying bacteria posed a significant health risk in the contaminated water.

Les bactéries proliférantes représentaient un risque sanitaire important dans l’eau contaminée.

Additional translations

multipliantEmploi plus littéral, surtout en contexte scientifique.

Definitions

Increasing in number or quantity, especially rapidly.

The multiplying bacteria posed a significant health risk in the contaminated water.

Capable of causing or undergoing multiplication.

The multiplying cells in the culture dish were observed under the microscope.

Synonyms

multiplyverb

multiplying

ing-form

multiplied

Past Simple

multiplied

Past Participle

multiplying

ing-form

/ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/

/ˈmʌltəˌplaɪ/

Translations

multiplierSens mathématique.

If you multiply six by seven, you get forty-two.

Si tu multiplies six par sept, tu obtiens quarante-deux.

Additional translations

se multiplierSens de croissance ou de reproduction.

Definitions

To perform the mathematical operation of multiplication, combining numbers to obtain their product.

If you multiply six by seven, you get forty-two.

To increase or cause to increase greatly in number; to proliferate or reproduce.

The bacteria multiplied rapidly in the warm broth.

Synonyms

multiply (duplicate)

multiplyadjective

Definitions

Having several parts, elements, or instances; manifold; repeated.

Topology often deals with multiply connected spaces.

multiplyadverb

Definitions

In several or many ways, or on many occasions; repeatedly; in multiple fashion.

The outcome was multiply determined by social and economic factors.