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Definition: Multiplier |
MultiplierNoun1. The number by which a multiplicand is multiplied. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "multiplier" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
Etymology: Multiplier \Mul"ti*pli`er\, noun. [Compare to the French expression multiplier. Compare to Multiplicator.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | 1. A device which has two or more inputs and whose output is a representation of the product of the quantities represented by the input signals.2. = multiplier phototube. (references) |
Computing | In multiplication, that by which the multiplicand is multiplied. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A device which has two or more inputs and whose output is a representation of the product of the quantities represented by the input signals. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | The numerical coefficient showing how much one measure will increase from a unit increase in a second measure; the two measures used must be linked in a cause-effect relationship ; an index, developed by Keynes, of the ultimate increase in national income resulting from a given increase in expenditure, e. g. if an increase in exports, or in investment, of L 100, 000 raises the national income by L 500, 000, the multiplier is 5. Source: European Union. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | The region of a reactor in which a chain reaction can take place. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In synchronous digital electronics, such as most computers, a clock signal is a signal used to coordinate the actions of two or more circuits. A clock signal will oscillate between a high and a low state normally with a 50% duty cycle. The circuits using the clock signal for synchronization may become active at either the rising or falling edge of the clock signal.Most integrated circuits of sufficient complexity require a clock signal in order to synchronize different parts of the chip and to account for gate delays. As chips get more complex, the problem of supplying accurate and synchronized clocks to all the circuits becomes more and more difficult. The preeminent example of such complex chips are microprocessors, the central part of modern computers.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Clock signal."
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There are several things called a Multiplier.
- Multiplier (economics)
- Force multiplier in warfare
- Lagrange multiplier in mathematics
- Multiplication ALU in computer architecture
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Multiplier."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In economics, a multiplier effect occurs when a change in spending causes a disproportionate effect in aggregate demand. It is particularly associated with Keynesian economics; some other schools of economic thought reject or downplay the importance of multiplier effects, particularly in the long run.The basic assumption is that the economy starts off with unused resources, for example some workers are unemployed. By increasing demand in the economy it is then possible to boost production. If the economy was already at full employment, any attempt to boost demand would only lead to inflation. Note also that even if, say, some workers are out of work, it may be difficult to employ them directly due to bottlenecks in other parts of the economy.
As an example, consider the government increasing its expenditure on roads by $1 million, without a corresponding increase in taxation. This sum would go to the road builders, who would distribute the money as wages and profits. The households and firms receiving these incomes will save part of the money and spend the rest. These expenditures in turn will generate more wages and profits, and so on with the money circulating around the economy.
The eventual amount by which output expands is governed by the marginal propensity to save, which is the proportion of extra income that is saved rather than consumed. If the marginal propensity to save is large, less money is returned into the economy with each circulation so the multiplier effect is smaller.
The value of the multiplier in a closed economy with no taxes is given by 1/s, where s is the marginal propensity to save. Taxes and imports tend to reduce the value of the multiplier ("leakage").
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Multiplier (economics)."
Synonym: MultiplierSynonym: multiplier factor (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Money | Circulation, multiplier effect. |
Number | Sum, difference, complement, subtrahend; product; multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator; coefficient, multiple; dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple; fraction, rational number; surd, irrational number; transcendental number; mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate; numerator, denominator; decimal, circulating decimal, repetend; common measure, aliquot part; prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair; reciprocal; totient. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Multiplier |
| English words defined with "multiplier": Facient ♦ multiplicand, Multiplicator ♦ scale factor, shallot. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "multiplier": CGPM ♦ de-leveraged bonds ♦ Euler-Lagrange multiplier ♦ 'framing meetings and gatherings' ♦ front side bus ♦ IntelDX4 ♦ K-factor ♦ microelectronic potentiometer ♦ photomultiplier, push-push circuit ♦ scaling factor. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "multiplier": Thermomultiplier. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Multiplier" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (heighten, multiply, times). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | ATTENTION utilisez une fosse septique : Les Bilharzies n'attendent que ça pour se multiplier... Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Business | For any activities to be eligible as an offset, the Korean MND classifies offsets into six categories, each with a different multiplier (see table). (references) | |
Economic History | South Africa | However, if the full impact of the "agro-industrial" complex with backward and forward employment linkages and multiplier effects on the rest of the economy are included, agriculture contributes at least 15 percent to the GDP. In 2000, the gross value of agricultural production is estimated at R45 billion, an increase of 2.8 percent. (references) |
South Africa | Mining's direct contribution to the GDP has declined fairly steadily from the high of 22 percent in 1980 (with a gold price of USD800 per ounce) to 6.5 percent in 2000. However, estimates show that the additional contributions from processed mineral products plus the associated multiplier effects would add another 20-25 percent to this, giving a mineral-related GDP contribution of more than 26 percent. (references) | |
Political Economy | PARAGUAY | The same multiplier was not applied to domestic products. (references) |
Trade | Argentina | Engineering Multiplier Program: Stimulates exports of U.S. architectural, industrial design, and engineering services through loans or guarantees of up to 85 percent of the U.S. export value of services, for projects with the potential of generating U.S. exports of $10 million or double the original export contract, whichever is greater. (references) |
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| "Multiplier" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Multiplier" is used about 270 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 270 | 17,892 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "multiplier": cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier ♦ electron multiplier ♦ multiplier effect ♦ multiplier factor ♦ multiplier onion. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "multiplier": multiplier-accelerator, multiplier-quotient. | |
Ending with "multiplier": high-multiplier, low-multiplier. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "multiplier"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shumëzues, koeficient (coefficient, quotient, weighting). (various references) | |
Arabic | المضروب فيه, الضاربة آلة حاسبة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | умножително устройство, коефициент (coefficient, factor, module, quotient, ratio), множител (factor). (various references) | |
Chinese | 乘算器, 倍增器 . (various references) | |
Czech | násobitel. (various references) | |
Danish | multiplikator (booster, intensifier, multiplicator), spaltningsrum (core), reaktorkerne (core), flerdobler, fartforøgende gear (step-up gear). (various references) | |
Dutch | multiplicator (booster, intensifier, multiplicator), versnellingsbak (gear-box, gear-case), vermenigvuldiger (core, multiplier factor), reactorkern (core), kern (core, essence, gist, kernel, nucleus, pit). (various references) | |
Farsi | ماشین حساب(مخصوص ضرب), چندبرابرکننده , وسیله افزایش , ضرب کننده , افزاینده (Additive), افزایش دهنده . (various references) | |
Finnish | kertoja (informant, narrator). (various references) | |
French | multiplicateur (multiplicator, multiplier factor, multiplying). (various references) | |
German | multiplikator (booster, intensifier, multiplicator, multiplier factor). (various references) | |
Greek | πυρήνας (core, kernel, nucleus, nucleus nuclei), πολλαπλασιαστήσ, πολλαπλασιαστής ταχύτητας (step-up gear), πολλαπλασιαστής (intensifier). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מכפיל (doubler), מכפל, כופל (doubler). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szorzó. (various references) | |
Indonesian | pendarab. (various references) | |
Italian | moltiplicatore (booster, core, intensifier, multiplicator). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 掛け算器 , 乗算器 , 乗数 , 乗数 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かけざ"き, じょうすう (constant, number of tatami), じょうざ"き. (various references) | |
Korean | 승수. (various references) | |
Manx | bisheyder (increaser, prosperer, thriver). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ultipliermay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | multiplicador (core, multiplicator). (various references) | |
Romanian | coeficient (coefficient, factor, modulus, quotient), înmulţitor. (various references) | |
Russian | множитель (factor, ier). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | multiplikator, množilac. (various references) | |
Spanish | multiplicador (core, intensifier, multiplicator). (various references) | |
Swedish | multiplikator (booster, intensifier, multiplicator). (various references) | |
Turkish | çarpan (factor, heady, striking). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | коефіці"нт (coefficient, modulus, number), множник. (various references) | |
Welsh | lluosydd. (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "multiplier": multipliers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "multiplier": photomultiplier. (additional references) | |
Words containing "multiplier": photomultipliers. (additional references) | |
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"Multiplier" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: muftileri, mulitplier, multipier, multipli, multiplyer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "multiplier" (pronounced mu"ltuplī'er) |
| 3 | -l ī' er | highflier. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-i-l-l-m-p-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: reptilium. | |
-2 letters: multiple, prelimit, trillium. | |
-3 letters: imperil, imputer, limiter, lumpier, millier, miltier, mullite, plumier. | |
-4 letters: euripi, illite, illume, impure, impute, iterum, limier, limper, limpet, limuli, lumper, milieu, miller, millet, milter, mitier, muller, mullet, permit, pileum, pilule, pitier, plutei, prelim, puller, pullet, rillet, rimple, rumple, rutile, telium, tiller, triple, tuille, umpire, uptime. | |
-5 letters: erupt, ileum, ilium. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-i-l-l-m-p-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: multipliers. | |
+3 letters: multiparticle. | |
+5 letters: multipolarities, photomultiplier. | |
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