(from the article `arithmetic`) ...is independent of the way in which the summands are grouped; it can be written 3 5. Thus, a second binary operation called multiplication is ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/137
Mul'ti·pli·cand` noun [ Latin multiplicandus to be multiplied: confer French multiplicande .] (Math.) The number which is to be multiplied by another number called the multiplier . See Note under Multiplication . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/114