noun
multiple
A number obtained by multiplying another number by an integer.
Twelve is a multiple of three because three times four is twelve.
Etymology
The Latin ancestor means manifold or manyfold. The mathematical noun names a quantity made of a whole number of repetitions of another quantity.
More examples
- The multiples of five all end in zero or five.
- Twenty is a common multiple of four and five.
- The least common multiple of six and eight is twenty-four.
Forms
multiple · multiples
multiply verb — Find the product of two numbers.
Similar words
- product
- A result of multiplication, not necessarily by an integer.