multiplier
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: arithmetic
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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 *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English multiplier
From multiply + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: multipliers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who multiplies or causes something to increase.
pos: noun
gloss: A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
pos: noun
examples: In the expression 5 × 7, the "5" is a multiplier.
The score multiplier increases each time you complete a level of the video game.
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
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.
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.
gloss: An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.
pos: noun
examples: English multipliers include "double" and "triple".
gloss: A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities.
pos: noun
examples: 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”.
gloss: Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A multiplier onion.
pos: noun
examples: Shallots are the most prolific of all the multipliers, and easier to grow than onions.
Related words: successor
mechanical torque multiplier
power multiplier
Derived words: biomultiplier
electron multiplier
force multiplier
frequency multiplier
function multiplier
Greinacher multiplier
multiplier effect
multiplier of words
photomultiplier
thermomultiplier
voltage multiplier
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: բազմապատկիչ
roman: bazmapatkičʻ
lang: Asturian
word: multiplicador
lang: Belarusian
word: мно́жнік
roman: mnóžnik
lang: Bulgarian
word: мно́жител
roman: mnóžitel
lang: Catalan
word: multiplicador
lang: Cebuano
word: pil-anon
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 乘數 /乘数
roman: chéngshù
lang: Czech
word: násobitel
lang: Finnish
word: kertoja
lang: French
word: multiplicateur
lang: Galician
word: multiplicador
lang: Georgian
word: მამრავლი
roman: mamravli
lang: German
word: Multiplikator
lang: Greek
word: πολλαπλασιαστής
roman: pollaplasiastís
lang: Hebrew
word: כּוֹפֵל
roman: kofél
lang: Hungarian
word: szorzó
lang: Icelandic
word: margfaldari
lang: Indonesian
word: pengali
lang: Italian
word: moltiplicatore
lang: Japanese
word: 乗数
roman: jōsū
lang: Korean
word: 승수
roman: seungsu
lang: Latin
word: multiplicātor
lang: Latvian
word: reizinātājs
lang: Macedonian
word: множител
roman: množitel
lang: Māori
word: tau whakarea
lang: Marathi
word: गुणक
roman: guṇak
lang: Polish
word: mnożnik
lang: Portuguese
word: multiplicador
lang: Romanian
word: multiplicator
lang: Romanian
word: înmulțit
lang: Russian
word: мно́житель
roman: mnóžitelʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: мно̀житељ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mnòžitelj
lang: Slovak
word: násobiteľ
lang: Slovene
word: množitelj
lang: Spanish
word: multiplicador
lang: Tagalog
word: parami
lang: Turkish
word: çarpan
lang: Ukrainian
word: мно́жник
roman: mnóžnyk
lang: Welsh
word: lluosydd
lang: Bulgarian
word: усилвател
roman: usilvatel
lang: Finnish
word: vahvistin
lang: Polish
word: wzmacniacz
lang: Ukrainian
word: помно́жувач
roman: pomnóžuvač