<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>tending to multiply or increase, or having the power to multiply</li><li>Smoking and asbestos exposure have a multiplicative effect on your risk of getting lung cancer</li><li>(Mathematics) of or relating to multiplication</li><li>relating to or noting a word or affix that indicates multiplication, as triple, threefold, or tri-</li></ul>