multiplied

Multiplied is the past tense and past participle of the verb multiply. In mathematics, multiply means to compute the product of two or more numbers or quantities, effectively combining equal groups or scaling a quantity by a factor. The result of a multiplication is called the product. When two numbers are multiplied, they are typically referred to as factors; the terms multiplicand and multiplier are sometimes used to distinguish the two operands, though the operation is commutative, so the order does not affect the product.

A simple example is 6 multiplied by 7, which equals 42 (written as 6 × 7 = 42). Multiplication is a binary operation, and it can be understood as repeated addition: adding a number to itself a certain number of times yields the same result as multiplying by that count. In algebra, multiplication extends to variables and expressions, with properties such as distributivity, associativity, and commutativity guiding operations.

Linguistically, multiplied can describe growth or reproduction in number, not limited to arithmetic. For instance, a population may have multiplied over a decade, or an effect may have multiplied the impact of an event. Etymologically, multiplied derives from Latin multiplicare, from multi- meaning many and plicare meaning to fold or weave, reflecting the idea of combining many units.

See also: multiply, product, factors, multiplicand, multiplier, arithmetic.