Associations to the word «Multiplier»

Wiktionary

MULTIPLIER, noun. (arithmetic) A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
MULTIPLIER, noun. (grammar) An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.
MULTIPLIER, noun. (economics) A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities.
MULTIPLIER, noun. (physics) Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
MULTIPLIER, noun. (physics) (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.
MULTIPLIER, noun. A multiplier onion.
MULTIPLIER ONION, noun. The potato onion.
MULTIPLIER ONIONS, noun. Plural of multiplier onion

Dictionary definition

MULTIPLIER, noun. The number by which a multiplicand is multiplied.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.