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multiplier en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪəɹ/
  • [ˈmʌɫ.tɪˌplaɪ.ə(ɹ)] (UK)
  • [ˈmʌɫ.tɪˌplaɪ.ɚ] (US)
  • mŭlʹ-tĭ-plī'-ər

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English multiplier From multiply + -er.

Meanings

  1. One who multiplies or causes something to increase.
  2. A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
    • 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 1997, Christopher Alan White, The Development of Ab Initio Methods for the Treatment of Large Molecules:
    • 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. 2025 April 3, Felix Salmon, “How to read the White House's tariff formula”, in Axios, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2025:
    • The score multiplier increases each time you complete a level of the video game.
    • In the expression 5 × 7, the "5" is a multiplier.
    • 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. 2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive macroeconomic theory, 4th edition, MIT Press, page 129:
  3. An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.
    • English multipliers include "double" and "triple".
  4. A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities.
    • 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”. 2024 November 3, Will Hutton, “Investment drives growth. That’s why gloomy forecasters are so wrong about the budget”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2025:
  5. Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
  6. (obsolete) 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.
  7. A multiplier onion.
    • Shallots are the most prolific of all the multipliers, and easier to grow than onions. 1995, Marian Coonse, Onions, Leeks and Garlic: A Handbook for Gardeners, page 52:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
multipliers Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

distributive number · ordinal number · cardinal number

Deriveds

photomultiplier · frequency multiplier · voltage multiplier · multiplier of words · electron multiplier · function multiplier · multiplier effect · Greinacher multiplier · thermomultiplier · biomultiplier · force multiplier

Hypernyms

operand

Relateds

successor · × ×... = (multiplication, factorization; factor) · + +... = (addition, summation) · √ = (root extraction; degree) · − = (subtraction) · power multiplier · × = (multiplication, factorization; multiplier) · + = (addition, summation) · Or sometimes (numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient) · = (exponentiation; base) · mechanical torque multiplier · ÷ = (division; dividend) · log(base) = (logarithmization)

Translations (49)

uk помно́жувач (physics: device to enhance a signal) · pl mnożnik (number) · ka მამრავლი (number) · hy բազմապատկիչ (number) · de Multiplikator (number) · bg усилвател (physics: device to enhance a signal) · ru мно́житель (number) · pt multiplicador (number) · sh mnòžitelj (number) · mr गुणक (number) · fr multiplicateur (number) · ro multiplicator (number) · fi kertoja (number) · is margfaldari (number) · tl parami (number) · sh мно̀житељ (number) · ro înmulțit (number) · pl wzmacniacz (physics: device to enhance a signal) · ceb pil-anon (number) · he כּוֹפֵל (number) · sk násobiteľ (number) · id pengali (number) · ko 승수 (number) · uk мно́жник (number) · mk множител (number) · hu szorzó (number) · cy lluosydd (number) · pl mnożnik (economics: ratio) · bg мно́жител (number) · mi tau whakarea (number) · be мно́жнік (number) · cmn 乘數 /乘数 (number) · it moltiplicatore (number) · ja 乗数 (number) · gl multiplicador (number) · sl množitelj (number) · fi vahvistin (physics: device to enhance a signal) · ast multiplicador (number) · tr çarpan (number) · el πολλαπλασιαστής (number) · pl przymiotnik mnożny (grammar: type of adjective) · la multiplicātor (number) · fi kerroin (economics: ratio) · es multiplicador (number) · ca multiplicador (number) · cs násobitel (number) · lv reizinātājs (number) · cs multiplikátor (economics: ratio) · az vuran (number)