multiplier.
One who multiplies or causes something to increase.
Meaning & usage
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.
The score multiplier increases each time you complete a level of the video game.
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.
Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English multiple Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English multiply Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English multiplier From multiply + -er.
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