multiplier
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multiplier
- /ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪəɹ/
- [ˈmʌɫ.tɪˌplaɪ.ə(ɹ)] UK
- [ˈmʌɫ.tɪˌplaɪ.ɚ] US
noun multipliers
- One who multiplies or causes something to increase.
- A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied. In the expression 5 × 7, the "5" is a multiplier.
- An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied. English multipliers include "double" and "triple".
- 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 effect
- 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.
- A multiplier onion. Shallots are the most prolific of all the multipliers, and easier to grow than onions.
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Closest in meaning: multiplier factor, multiplying, multiplicative, multiplication, multiply, multiple, doubling, redoubling, double, synergy, phototube, coefficient, training, factor, propagation, leverage
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noun number
| Español | multiplicador |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 승수 seungsu |
| 日本語 | 乗数 jōsū |
| 中文 | 乘數 /乘数 chéngshù |
| Português | multiplicador |
| Français | multiplicateur |
| Deutsch | Multiplikator |
| Italiano | moltiplicatore |
| Ελληνικά | πολλαπλασιαστής pollaplasiastís |
| Română | multiplicator, înmulțit |
| Русский | мно́житель mnóžitelʹ |
| עברית | כּוֹפֵל kofél |
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