Diabetes happens when one of the following occurs: 1  When the pancreas does not produce any insulin. 2  When the pancreas produces very little insulin. 3  When the body does not respond appropriately to insulin, a condition called insulin resistance..
Vector Calculus: Understanding the Dot Product. Think of the dot product as directional multiplication. Multiplication goes beyond repeated counting: it's applying the essence of one item to another. Complex multiplication combines rotations.
Definition of multiplication for English Language Learners. 1  mathematics : the process of adding a number to itself a certain number of times : the act or process of multiplying numbers. : 2  an increase in the number or amount of something.