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multiplicative
[ adj ]
tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree
<adj.all>
the multiplicative tendency of proportional representation



Multiplicative \Mul"ti*pli*ca*tive\, a. [Cf. F. multiplicatif.]
Tending to multiply; having the power to multiply, or incease
numbers.


increasing \increasing\ adj.
1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices.
[Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting,
augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ;
{growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ;
{multiplicative ; {profit-maximizing ; {raising ;
{accretive ; {rising ] {decreasing}
[WordNet 1.5]

2. same as {growing}, 1. [prenominal]

Syn: growing(prenominal), incremental.
[WordNet 1.5]

3. (Music) increasing in some musical quality. Opposite of
{decreasing}. [Narrower terms: {accelerando ; {crescendo
]
[WordNet 1.5]