Multiplier

//ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪəɹ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.

    "In the expression 5 × 7, the "5" is a multiplier."

  2. 2
    the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied wordnet
  3. 3
    An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.

    "English multipliers include "double" and "triple"."

  4. 4
    A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities.

    "There is a second-round effect of crowding in higher private investment as public sector contractors tool up to meet the public contracts, and then a third – as all firms adjust to the higher level of demand by raising business investment levels – of more crowding in and so-called “multiplier effects”."

  5. 5
    Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
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  1. 6
    Any of several devices used to enhance a signal; a coil; when Johann Schweigger in 1820 invented the electric coil, increasing the electro-magnetic field from a single wire, this invention was called a multiplier. obsolete
  2. 7
    A multiplier onion.

    "Shallots are the most prolific of all the multipliers, and easier to grow than onions."

Etymology

From multiply + -er.

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