MULTIPLY  乘

CALCULATE by ADDING a DEFINED NUMBER in a DEFINED NUMBER of EVENTS.
Hypernym
  • CALCULATEASSESS PRECISELY a QUANTITY USING NUMBERS.
    • ASSESSTHINK so as to TRY to OR ACHIEVE to FIX the VALUE OR SIZE of something.
      • THINKACT USING ONLY the MIND.
        • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision....
Modern Chinese Criteria
乘

PRELIMINARY LISTING OF TERMS FOR CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS BASED ON CL ETC. 1.12.2003. CH/

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    乘  chéng OC: ɢjɯŋ MC: ʑɨŋ 1 AttributionWD
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    • nabactCHEMLA 2003: the mathematical operation of multiplicationJZ 5.21: 乘除 "(the mathematical operations of ） multiplication and division".
    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: multiply. Note that cheng2 乘 has no independent nominal use meaning "the product of". However, as nab - act, however, 乘 does refer to the mathematical operation of multiplication.JZ 4.0 以全步積分乘之為實 "with the parts of the product of the integral bù one multiplies this to make the dividend."JZ 2.0 以所有數乘所求率為實 "with the >quantity of what one has one multiplies the >lyù of what one seeks, to make the >dividend". JZ 1.32: 術曰徑自相乘三之四而一 "The procedure says: as for the diameter, multiply it by itself, triple (a result), and then take one fourth (of the latter result)."JZ 1.2 術曰：廣從步數相乘得積步 "The procedure says: as for the quantities in bù of the width and the length being one multiplies them with each other and thus obtains the area in bù."Compare also the phrases: 自相乘，自乘 "mulitply (a quantity) by itself"
    互乘  hù chéng OC: ɢaas ɢjɯŋ MC: ɦuo̝ ʑɨŋ 0 AttributionsWD
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    • NPabactmultiplication with all opposite members in the other pairsJZ 1.38 以互乘，齊其子 "by multiplication with all opposite members in the other pairs one alligns the corresponding numerator"
    • VPtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: multiply with all opposite members in the other pairsJZ 1.9Note also JZ 6.26 互相乘 "multiply with opposite elements in each of the other pairs"
    相乘  xiāng chéng OC: sqaŋ ɢjɯŋ MC: si̯ɐŋ ʑɨŋ 0 AttributionsWD
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    • NPabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: the result of multiplying each by the other> the productJZ 1.24: 相乘為實 "The product (of these contextually determinate quantities) is the divisor."JZ 1.32, Li Chunfeng's comm: 是二六相乘，除周自乘之數 "Thus the product of two and six divides the quantity of the square of the circumference."JZ 5.15 廣袤相乘又以高乘之，三而一 "the product of the width and the length one again multiplies with the height and divides (the result) by three"
    • VPtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: multiply with each other (NB: NOT multiply each other)
    維乘  wéi chéng OC: k-lul ɢjɯŋ MC: ji ʑɨŋ 0 AttributionsWD
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    • VPimathematical termCHEMLA 2003: multiply crosswise (of a set of four numbers arranged in a square)JZ 7.4
    自乘  zì chéng OC: sblids ɢjɯŋ MC: dzi ʑɨŋ 0 AttributionsWD
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    • NPab.post-Nmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: the result of multiplication (of N) with itself> the arithmetic square (of N)JZ 9.3 Liu Hui comm: 句自乘為朱方 "the square of the base yields the red square."JZ 9.4: 以七寸自乘減之 "subtract from it seven cun4 multiplied by itself"
    • VPtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: multiply (a number) with itself (NB: NOT multiply oneself)JZ 9.3: 句股各自乘 "the base and the height one multiplies in each case by themselves".
    遍乘  biàn chéng OC: peens ɢjɯŋ MC: pen ʑɨŋ 0 AttributionsWD
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    • VPtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: multiply all the members of a set of numbersJZ 8.1 以右行上禾遍乘中行而以直除 "With the millet of upper quality of the right-hand column one multiplies (all positions) of the middle column, and using (the right column) one eliminates vertically."

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