What is the meaning of Multiplier?

A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.

An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.

A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities.

Any of several devices used to enhance a signal

  1. 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.

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.

A multiplier onion.

to multiply

to multiply

to multiply, to increase

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