Notation and Multiplication

noun

• A technical system of symbols used to represent special things.
  • synonyms: notational system
• A comment or instruction (usually added. )
  • usage: "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope"
  • synonyms: note, annotation
• The activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters. .

• (n.) Literal or etymological signification.
• (n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. especially, the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity or operations.
• (n.) The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures or characters.
• (n.) The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures or characters.
• (n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. especially, the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity or operations.
• (n.) Literal or etymological signification.

noun

• The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production.
  • synonyms: generation, propagation
• A multiplicative increase.
  • usage: "repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors"; "this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth"
• An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed.
  • usage: "the multiplication of four by three gives twelve"; "four times three equals twelve"
  • synonyms: times

• (n.) The act or process of multiplying or of increasing in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural generation.
• (n.) The art of increasing gold or silver by magic, -- attributed formerly to the alchemists.
• (n.) An increase above the normal number of parts, especially of petals; augmentation.
• (n.) The process of repeating or adding to itself, any given number or quantity a certain number of times; commonly, the process of ascertaining by a briefer computation the result of such repeated additions; also, the rule by which the operation is performed; -- the reverse of division.