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Definition of Multiplier

1. Noun. The number by which a multiplicand is multiplied.

Definition of Multiplier

1. n. One who, or that which, multiplies or increases number.

Definition of Multiplier

1. Noun. (arithmetic) A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied. ¹

2. Noun. (context: grammar) An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied. ¹

3. Noun. (economics) A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities. ¹

4. Noun. (physics) Any of several devices used to enhance a signal ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Multiplier

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Multiplier

1. 1. One who, or that which, multiplies or increases number. 2. The number by which another number is multiplied. See the Note under Multiplication. 3. An instrument for multiplying or increasing by repetition or accumulation the intensity of a force or action, as heat or electricity. It is particularly used to render such a force or action appreciable or measurable when feeble. See Thermomultiplier. Origin: Cf. F. Multiplier. Cf. Multiplicator. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Multiplier

Literary usage of Multiplier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and by William Nicholson (1819)
"Place the multiplier under the multiplicand, and multiply the latter successively by the significant figures of the former, by placing the right-hand figure ..."

2. A System of Analytic Mechanics by Benjamin Peirce (1855)
"THE JACOBIAN multiplier OP DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. 399. The function, which was called by JACOBI the neto multiplier, in order to distinguish it from the ..."

3. An Elementary Treatise on Arithmetic by Silvestre François Lacroix (1825)
"Hence, to multiply two numbers together, one of which is compound, make the compound number the multiplicand and the simple number the multiplier, ..."

4. The Forces of Nature: A Popular Introduction to the Study of Physical Phenomena by Amédée Guillemin (1873)
"ferent portions of the wire in the an insulated current, or better, like an multiplier. . . . indefinite portion of the current near the needle. ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"It is therefore convenient, in finding the product of two numbers, to Uke the smaller as the multiplier. To 6nd 3 times 427, we apply the distributive law ..."

6. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and by William Nicholson (1819)
"Place the multiplier under the multiplicand, and multiply the latter successively by the significant figures of the former, by placing the right-hand figure ..."

7. A System of Analytic Mechanics by Benjamin Peirce (1855)
"THE JACOBIAN multiplier OP DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. 399. The function, which was called by JACOBI the neto multiplier, in order to distinguish it from the ..."

8. An Elementary Treatise on Arithmetic by Silvestre François Lacroix (1825)
"Hence, to multiply two numbers together, one of which is compound, make the compound number the multiplicand and the simple number the multiplier, ..."

9. The Forces of Nature: A Popular Introduction to the Study of Physical Phenomena by Amédée Guillemin (1873)
"ferent portions of the wire in the an insulated current, or better, like an multiplier. . . . indefinite portion of the current near the needle. ..."

10. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"It is therefore convenient, in finding the product of two numbers, to Uke the smaller as the multiplier. To 6nd 3 times 427, we apply the distributive law ..."

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