multiplicative

[ muhl-tuh-pli-key-tiv, muhl-tuh-plik-uh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

tending to multiply or increase, or having the power to multiply:
Smoking and asbestos exposure have a multiplicative effect on your risk of getting lung cancer.
Mathematics of or relating to multiplication.
relating to or noting a word or affix that indicates multiplication, as triple, threefold, or tri-.

multiplicative

/ ˈmʌltɪplɪˌkeɪtɪv; ˌmʌltɪˈplɪkətɪv /

adjective

tending or able to multiply
maths involving multiplication

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Derived Forms

ˈmultipliˌcatively, adverb

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Other Words From

mul·ti·pli·ca·tive·ly adverb
non·mul·ti·pli·ca·tive adjective
non·mul·ti·pli·ca·tive·ly adverb
un·mul·ti·pli·ca·tive adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of multiplicative¹

First recorded in 1645–55; from Medieval Latin multiplicātīvus; multiplicate, -ive

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Example Sentences

Those two changes have helped the Warriors do a much better job of maximizing the value of every possession — which has had a multiplicative effect because their shooting has also been so extremely good.

From FiveThirtyEight

And similarly a perspective is a member of the multiplicative class of the things which appear in it.

From Project Gutenberg

multiplication table multiplicative group

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