multiplier

[ muhl-tuh-plahy-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that multiplies.
2. Arithmetic. a number by which another is multiplied. multiply.
3. Physics. a device for intensifying some effect.

multiplier

/ ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪə /

noun

1. a person or thing that multiplies
2. See multiplicand
   the number by which another number, the multiplicand, is multiplied See also multiplicand
3. physics any device or instrument, such as a photomultiplier, for increasing an effect
4. economics
   1. the ratio of the total change in income (resulting from successive rounds of spending) to an initial autonomous change in expenditure
   2. ( as modifier )

      multiplier effects

multiplier

/ mŭl′tə-plī′ər /

1. The number by which another number is multiplied.

Word History and Origins

Origin of multiplier¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; multiply ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Consumers need to understand that serving size is a multiplier of the amount of salt they may be getting.

From Washington Post

A CSF would also have a powerful multiplier effect by attracting further private capital.

From Fortune

By 2014, the Defense Department had applied the term “threat multiplier” to climate change, describing how it would make many of the security establishment’s greatest nightmares even worse.

From ProPublica

Yes, commercially sustainable solutions make a big difference because they create multiplier effects far beyond the check that you write.

From Fortune

Lawson-Remer, an economist by training, said she’ll prioritize the most vulnerable when weighing any new investments and look for multiplier effects, ways in which a dollar can be worth three or four by extension.

From Voice of San Diego

This platform can be a force multiplier for those struggling against tyranny.

From The Daily Beast

Second, the economic “multiplier” of state and local spending (not including transfer payments) is large – around 1.24.

From The Daily Beast

And how to foster collaboration between them to become a force multiplier?

From The Daily Beast

That,” she says, “is the multiplier effect of investing in women.

From The Daily Beast

This network of allies is a major force multiplier for al Qaeda today.

From The Daily Beast

From the example it will be seen that he begins by multiplying by 3, the right-hand digit of the multiplier.

From Project Gutenberg

In a few words, most reports are false, and the timidity of men acts as a multiplier of lies and untruths.

From Project Gutenberg

Now 10 is the earliest number written with two digits: and the higher the multiplier, so much harder, apparently, the process.

From Project Gutenberg

The reel should be a simple click, never a multiplier, but large-barrelled, and fastened to the butt with a leather strap.

From Project Gutenberg

Therefore zeros in the multiplier would cause a corresponding change of position in the figures of the multiplicand.

From Project Gutenberg