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[ muhl-tuh-plahy-er ] / ˈmʌl təˌplaɪ ər /
nouna person or thing that multiplies. Arithmetic. a number by which another is multiplied. Physics. a device for intensifying some effect. Origin of multiplierlate Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at multiply1, -er1 Words nearby multipliermultiplicative division, multiplicative group, multiplicative identity, multiplicative inverse, multiplicity, multiplier, multiplier effect, multiply, multiply-connected, multipolar, multipolar cell Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for multiplierSecond, the economic “multiplier” of state and local spending (not including transfer payments) is large – around 1.24. Two Important New Studies: Spending = Jobs|Michael Tomasky|July 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST That,” she says, “is the multiplier effect of investing in women. Women | Tools | Technology: The Multiplier Effect, An ExxonMobil-Sponsored Series|Daily Beast Promotions|March 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST That takes time before the multiplier effect fully kicks in with private sector job creation. The Daily Beast Manifesto Divides Economists|Walter McMahon|July 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST Robert Barro of Harvard has studied wartime and defense spending, and found a multiplier of only 0.8. Please, No More Government Spending!|Vernon L. Smith|July 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Hence, a dollar of government spending would produce more than a dollar of new output because of the “multiplier effect.” Please, No More Government Spending!|Vernon L. Smith|July 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST The next step is to arrange the multiplier and the multiplicand above the partial products. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5|Various In short, man is the multiplier and the mineral substance is the multiplicand in the product known as value. The Economic Aspect of Geology|C. K. Leith The tallow is supposed to be eight one-hundredths of the live weight; so that the multiplier is the decimal .08. Cattle and Their Diseases|Robert Jennings Therefore zeros in the multiplier would cause a corresponding change of position in the figures of the multiplicand. Montessori Elementary Materials|Maria Montessori In a few words, most reports are false, and the timidity of men acts as a multiplier of lies and untruths. On War|Carl von Clausewitz
British Dictionary definitions for multiplier
nouna person or thing that multiplies the number by which another number, the multiplicand, is multipliedSee also multiplicand physics any device or instrument, such as a photomultiplier, for increasing an effect economics - the ratio of the total change in income (resulting from successive rounds of spending) to an initial autonomous change in expenditure
- (as modifier)multiplier effects
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for multiplier
The number by which another number is multiplied. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |