Definition of multiplication | Bee Dictionary of English

n the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
n a multiplicative increase
repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors
this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth
n an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
the multiplication of four by three gives twelve

His blood pressure, pulse, temperature, sleeping time, and ability in mental multiplication remained unchanged by Fletcherism.
The Math clip includes table drills (multiplication, division, etc.
The reform standards, for instance, called for teaching the uses of a calculator and estimation, but some educators took that as a license to stop drilling the multiplication .

McCrory signs mandatory cursive, beer bills into law
Gov. Pat McCrory signed dozens of bills sent to him by the General Assembly this week. McCrory announced he signed 39 pieces of legislation into law, including a measure requiring public schools to teach cursive writing and multiplication tables to elementary public school students.
June 14, 2013 - News 14 Carolina
McCrory signs 39 bills that become NC law
McCrory signs 39 bills that become NC law McCrory announced he signed 39 pieces of legislation into law, including a measure requiring public schools to teach cursive writing and multiplication tables to elementary public school students. Other bills he signed Wednesday would limit the amount of debt legislators can authorize that doesn't require voter approval and allow beer vendors to sell ...
June 13, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle
Student doesn't let her rough childhood define her
LAS FLORES – Ariel Kirkendale didn't learn to write in cursive or know her multiplication tables until seventh grade.As a child, she bounced from one apartment to another with her family, she said, because her stepfather couldn't hold a job. At one...
June 12, 2013 - Canyons, Coto, Ladera & RSM News

Martin Sorrell in AFP
The crisis has exacerbated the effects of the multiplication of screens,advertising guru Sir Martin Sorrell told the MIPTV entertainment trade show taking place here this week.
Luc Montagnier in GlobeNewsWire (press release)
Earlier, referring to the recent threat of avian influenza in Forbes.com, Prof. Montagnier commented: "This is the race we have to win: to sufficiently mobilize the interferon system early enough so it will knock out the virus multiplication before...