multiplication in WordNet English dictionary

1. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
   generation  multiplication  propagation 
   
2. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
   "the multiplication of four by three gives twelve"; "four times three equals twelve"
   multiplication  times 
   
3. a multiplicative increase
   "repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors"; "this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth"
   multiplication