multipliable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   capable of being multiplied or increased by multiplication

   Every finite cardinal is multipliable by another finite cardinal.

2. 2
   adj

   in Russell's set-theoretic terminology, describing a cardinal for which a product of that many nonzero factors cannot be zero

   Russell calls a number multipliable when a product indexed by that number is zero only if one of its factors is zero.

Formed from multiply + -able, with the final y changing to i before the suffix. The general sense is transparent; Russell gave the adjective a precise set-theoretic use in his discussion of the multiplicative axiom.

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