multiplier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mŭlʹ-tĭ-plī'-ər
ipa: /ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪəɹ/
ipa: [ˈmʌɫ.tɪˌplaɪ.ə(ɹ)]
ipa: [ˈmʌɫ.tɪˌplaɪ.ɚ]
Forms: form: multipliers
Etymology: From multiply + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In the expression 5 × 7, the "5" is a multiplier.
text: The score multiplier increases each time you complete a level of the video game.
text: The electron number constraint unlike the idempotency constraint can be represented by a single equation. For this reason, one can properly incorporate this constraint using a Lagrange multiplier and defining an effective chemical potential
ref: 1997, Christopher Alan White, The Development of Ab Initio Methods for the Treatment of Large Molecules:
text: After studying a recursive formulation and the associated Bellman equation, in section 5.5 we analyze a Lagrangian formulation that provides useful insights about how Lagrange multipliers on transition laws relate to gradients of value functions.
ref: 2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive macroeconomic theory, 4th edition, MIT Press, page 129:
text: But that can be ignored, because the USTR has set ε at 4 and φ at 0.25, so when computed give an overall multiplier of 1 for the imports number. And multiplying by 1 makes no difference at all.
ref: 2025 April 3, Felix Salmon, “How to read the White House's tariff formula”, in Axios:
topics: arithmetic
glosses: A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
examples: text: English multipliers include "double" and "triple".
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.
examples: text: 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 effects”.
ref: 2024 November 3, Will Hutton, “Investment drives growth. That’s why gloomy forecasters are so wrong about the budget”, in The Guardian:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: 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.
examples: text: Shallots are the most prolific of all the multipliers, and easier to grow than onions.
ref: 1995, Marian Coonse, Onions, Leeks and Garlic: A Handbook for Gardeners, page 52:
glosses: A multiplier onion.
Hypernyms: topics: arithmetic
word: operand
Coordinate terms: topics: grammar
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: cardinal number
topics: grammar
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: distributive number
topics: grammar
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: ordinal number
Derived terms: biomultiplier
electron multiplier
force multiplier
frequency multiplier
function multiplier
multiplier effect
photomultiplier
thermomultiplier
voltage multiplier
Related terms: word: successor
sense: addition, summation
english: addend; total
translation: addend; total
alt: augend
word: + =
sense: addition, summation
english: sum
translation: sum
alt: summand
word: + +... =
sense: subtraction
roman: subtrahend
english: difference
translation: difference
word: − =
sense: multiplication, factorization; multiplier
roman: multiplicand
english: product
translation: product
word: × =
sense: multiplication, factorization; factor
english: factor; factor; product
translation: factor; factor; product
word: × ×... =
sense: division; dividend
roman: quotient
word: ÷ =
sense: numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient
english: with remaining
translation: with remaining
alt: quotient
word: Or sometimes
sense: exponentiation; base
english: power
translation: power
alt: exponent
word: =
sense: root extraction; degree
roman: radicand
word: √ =
sense: logarithmization
english: logarithm
translation: logarithm
alt: antilogarithm
word: log(base) =
word: mechanical torque multiplier
english: outlet
translation: outlet
word: power multiplier