Definition:Euclid's Definitions - Book VII/15 - Multiply

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Definition

In the words of Euclid:

A number is said to multiply a number when that which is multiplied is added to itself as many times as there are units in the other, and thus some number is produced.

(The Elements: Book $\text{VII}$: Definition $15$)


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