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Multiplier
//ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪəɹ// noun
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Noun
- 1 A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
"In the expression 5 × 7, the "5" is a multiplier."
- 2 the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied wordnet
- 3 An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.
"English multipliers include "double" and "triple"."
- 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 Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
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- 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
- 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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