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multiplier
[ muhl-tuh-plahy-er ]
noun
- a person or thing that multiplies.
- Arithmetic. a number by which another is multiplied. multiply.
- Physics. a device for intensifying some effect.
multiplier
/ ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪə /
noun
- a person or thing that multiplies
- the number by which another number, the multiplicand, is multiplied See also multiplicand
- physics any device or instrument, such as a photomultiplier, for increasing an effect
- economics
- the ratio of the total change in income (resulting from successive rounds of spending) to an initial autonomous change in expenditure
- ( as modifier )
multiplier effects
multiplier
/ mŭl′tə-plī′ər /
- The number by which another number is multiplied.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of multiplier1
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Example Sentences
This platform can be a force multiplier for those struggling against tyranny.
Second, the economic “multiplier” of state and local spending (not including transfer payments) is large – around 1.24.
And how to foster collaboration between them to become a force multiplier?
That,” she says, “is the multiplier effect of investing in women.
This network of allies is a major force multiplier for al Qaeda today.
From the example it will be seen that he begins by multiplying by 3, the right-hand digit of the multiplier.
In a few words, most reports are false, and the timidity of men acts as a multiplier of lies and untruths.
Now 10 is the earliest number written with two digits: and the higher the multiplier, so much harder, apparently, the process.
The reel should be a simple click, never a multiplier, but large-barrelled, and fastened to the butt with a leather strap.
Therefore zeros in the multiplier would cause a corresponding change of position in the figures of the multiplicand.
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