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multiplication

[muhl-tuh-pli-kay-shuhn] / ˌmʌl tə plɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Though Sharpe wrote his article before the advent of AI, he stressed that his conclusion depends “only on the laws of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Nothing else is required.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

If you correctly answered 30 multiplication questions in 60 seconds, you received a calendar as a prize, and were then excused from any future exams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Try jotting down three fractions separated by multiplication signs: earnings/sales x sales/assets x assets/equity.

From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025

As these light waves interact, they automatically carry out mathematical procedures such as matrix and tensor multiplication, which form the basis of deep learning.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2025

Even so, she had to start over several times, and not only because of the tricky sevens and eights of the multiplication tables.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Today they perform hundreds of septillions of matrix multiplications to power leading large language models.

From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026

If future hardware is designed specifically for one-bit models, it will eliminate the need for complex mathematical multiplications altogether, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Their functions included computing higher-order multiplications, exponents and logarithms, among other mathematical operations.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

Despite repeated multiplications of the official minimum wage earned by millions of Venezuelans, it still amounts to about $2 — not even enough to buy a kilogram of chicken.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2021

A couple of brief multiplications, a simple division, and, bingo, you know your gravitational position wherever you go.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson


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