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multiplication

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


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Many AI systems rely heavily on matrix multiplication, a mathematical operation used in tasks like image recognition and language processing.

From Science Daily Apr. 7, 2026

"Our findings suggest that DMTF1 can contribute to neural stem cell multiplication in neurological aging," Dr. Liang said.

From Science Daily Feb. 12, 2026

No one can disagree with Mr. Warsh on the Fed’s mission creep and on the multiplication of inconsistent objectives.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 8, 2026

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

From Barron's Dec. 26, 2025

During those years when I was memorizing the questions and answers of The Baltimore Catechism, I was also impressing on my memory the spelling of hundreds of words, grammar rules, division and multiplication tables.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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

It “could do 1,780 additions or subtractions per second, 200 multiplications per second and 56 divisions per second.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 15, 2022

In 1946, the world’s first computer, which weighed over 25 tons, could perform 385 multiplications per second.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2012

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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