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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mul•ti•pli•er /ˈmʌltəˌplaɪɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person or thing that multiplies.
- a number by which another is multiplied.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mul•ti•pli•er (mul′tə plī′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that multiplies.
- [Arith.]a number by which another is multiplied.
- Physicsa device for intensifying some effect.
- 1425–75; late Middle English; see multiply, -er1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: multiplier /ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪə/ n - a person or thing that multiplies
- the number by which another number, the multiplicand, is multiplied
See also multiplicand - any device or instrument, such as a photomultiplier, for increasing an effect
- the ratio of the total change in income (resulting from successive rounds of spending) to an initial autonomous change in expenditure
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