in general, the act of increasing the number of any thing.

in arithmetic, is a rule by which any given number may be speedily increased, according to any proposed number of times.

in algebra. See ALGEBRA, n° 5. Arithmetic, MULTIPLICATOR, or Multiplier, in arithmetic, the number by which any other is multiplied, or the number of times it is supposed to be taken. See ARITHMETIC, n° 10.

MULTICICATUS FLOS, a luxuriant flower, whose petals are multiplied so as to exclude a part of the stamina. A multiplied luxuriant flower differs from a full one, the highest degree of luxuriance, in that the petals of the latter are so multiplied as to exclude all the flaminia; whereas those of the former are only repeated or multiplied, two, three, or four times, as to the exclusion of only a small part of the essential organs.