"postmultiply" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: postmultiplies [present, singular, third-person], postmultiplying [participle, present], postmultiplied [participle, past], postmultiplied [past]
Etymology: post- + multiply Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|post|multiply}} post- + multiply Head templates: {{en-verb}} postmultiply (third-person singular simple present postmultiplies, present participle postmultiplying, simple past and past participle postmultiplied)
  1. (mathematics) To multiply (the elements of a vector or matrix) by a following factor Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-postmultiply-en-verb-uCOqlnXG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with post- Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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