<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or process of multiplying.</li><li>the state of being multiplied.</li><li>a mathematical operation, symbolized by a×b, a⋅b, a∗b, or ab.</li><li>when a and b are positive integers, that a is to be added to itself as many times as there are units in b.</li><li>the addition of a number to itself as often as is indicated by another number, as in 2×3 or 5×10.</li><li>any generalization of this operation applicable to numbers other than integers, as fractions or irrational numbers.</li></ul>