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times
has definitions from the field of mathematics
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[ noun ] the circumstances and ideas of the present age
Examples "behind the times" "in times like these" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)A tongue-in-cheek stylization of 18_th Century ideas ; a trial_balloon to test the aesthetic climate of the times ; a brilliant piece_de_resistance ? (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)They consider it simply a sign of our times . (John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)On_the_other_hand , we cannot regard artistic invention as pure , uncaused , and unrelated to the times in which it occurs . (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)Let his bones and his memory rest in the fifteenth century where they belong ; he is out_of_place in our times . (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)The Szolds , like the Marches , enjoyed and loved living together , even in troubled times ; and , as in the March home , any young_man who called on the Szolds found himself confronted with a phalanx of femininity which made it rather difficult to direct his particular attention to any one of them . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
Synonyms Examples "the multiplication of four by three gives twelve" "four times three equals twelve" Used in print (Grants-in-Aid and Other Financial Assistance...)( Each State 's unadjusted allotment for any fiscal_year , which exceeds its minimum allotment described in item 13 below by a percentage greater than one and one-half times the percentage by which the sum being allotted exceeds $ 23000000 , must be reduced by the amount of the excess . ) Related terms |
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