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The "3" in "6 x 3 = 18"
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multiplier
Word definitions for multiplier in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., agent noun from multiply .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied [syn: multiplier factor ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context arithmetic English) A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied. 2 (context grammar English) An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied. 3 (context economics English) A ratio used to estimate ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Distributive numbers versus multipliers Distributive numbers singly doubly triply Multipliers single double triple In linguistics , more precisely in traditional grammar , a multiplier is a word that counts how many times its object should be multiplied, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Multiplier \Mul"ti*pli`er\, n. [Cf. F. multiplier. Cf. Multiplicator .] One who, or that which, multiplies or increases number. (Math.) The number by which another number (the multiplicand) is multiplied. See the Note under Multiplication . (Physics) An ...
Usage examples of multiplier.
First he showed us his transmitter circuit: a small board loaded with resistors, capacitors, operational amplifiers, and analog multiplier chips.
The teacher was covered with chalkdust and the blackboards were covered with simple additions and subtractions, by multiplicands, multipliers, and products, by dividends, divisors, and quotients.
As for most of the rest of my species, they have feared the gods, they feared the hominidae, and now they fear the Multipliers.
The teacher was covered with chalkdust and the blackboards were covered with simple additions and subtractions, by multiplicands, multipliers, and products, by dividends, divisors, and quotients.
It had been a photo-observatory, but now the mirror, photon multipliers, spectroscope gratings ana interferometers were crushed under sudden new arrivals of equipment.
Assuming that the Multipliers have indeed been assimilated to the Bright Star Cultures, and that they are spreading from star to star with only a small delay to build more ships and navigate the next jump, they cannot be far behind us.
Such as the jokes based on the premise that the Credo quid Absurdum est had acquired a multiplier that discredited it quite effectively.
Big Voice emitted his shriek of protest once again, this time with a five-times multiplier attached.
Effective use of chemical or biological agents would be a significant force multiplier and you need a force multiplier given the difficulties you will encounter fighting the Posleen.
One of the things we've found is that scheduling is a force multiplier.
For all the reasons I have already enumerated in this briefing, the RAH-66 Comanche can be a significant force multiplier for the commanders who employ it.
Surprise was the best force multiplier there was, and it was working in his favor.
With the force multiplier of her powered battle armor, she could come pretty close.
They were a force multiplier for the colonial cartographers, enabling one survey ship to map three systems simultaneously.
We'll be doing such a good job in here we'll rate as a force multiplier and you won't need to get the other platoons up to full strength.