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multiplier
/ˈmʌltəˌplaɪɚ/
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What does multiplier mean?
noun
- One who multiplies or causes something to increase.
- A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
- An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.
More meanings (4)
noun
- A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities.
- Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
- A multiplier onion.
- (obsolete) 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.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmʌltəˌplaɪɚ/
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In a few words, most reports are false, and the timidity of men acts as a multiplier of lies and untruths.
It is multiplied the same as multiplier onions—the bulb is broken apart and each bulbule or “clove” makes a new compound bulb in a few weeks.
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In multiplying one three-place number by another I have the fixed habit of writing the multiplier under the multiplicand, the partial products under these, and the final product beneath all.
His life was full of hard and useful work; and it will probably be admitted that, as the greatest multiplier of books in his day, and as one of the most effective practical labourers for the diffusion of useful knowledge, his name is entitled to be permanently associated, not only with the industrial, but also with the intellectual development of our time.