Crossword clues for multiplier
multiplier
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 instrument for multiplying or increasing by repetition or accumulation the intensity of a force or action, as heat or electricity. It is particularly used to render such a force or action appreciable or measurable when feeble. See Thermomultiplier.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., agent noun from multiply.
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 total economic effect for a variety of economic activities. 4 (context physics English) Any of several devices used to enhance a signal 5 # (context physics obsolete English) a coil; when http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Schweigger in 1820 invented the electric coil, increasing the electro-magnetic field from a single wire, this invention was called a ''multiplier''. 6 A multiplier onion.
WordNet
n. the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied [syn: multiplier factor]
Wikipedia
Multiplier may refer to:
In Fourier analysis, a multiplier operator is a type of linear operator, or transformation of functions. These operators act on a function by altering its Fourier transform. Specifically they multiply the Fourier transform of a function by a specified function known as the multiplier or symbol. Occasionally, the term multiplier operator itself is shortened simply to multiplier. In simple terms, the multiplier reshapes the frequencies involved in any function. This class of operators turns out to be broad: general theory shows that a translation-invariant operator on a group which obeys some (very mild) regularity conditions can be expressed as a multiplier operator, and conversely. Many familiar operators, such as translations and differentiation, are multiplier operators, although there are many more complicated examples such as the Hilbert transform.
In signal processing, a multiplier operator is called a " filter", and the multiplier is the filter's frequency response (or transfer function).
In the wider context, multiplier operators are special cases of spectral multiplier operators, which arise from the functional calculus of an operator (or family of commuting operators). They are also special cases of pseudo-differential operators, and more generally Fourier integral operators. There are natural questions in this field that are still open, such as characterizing the L bounded multiplier operators (see below). In this context, multipliers are unrelated to Lagrange multipliers, except that they both involve the multiplication operation.
For the necessary background on the Fourier transform, see that page. Additional important background may be found on the pages operator norm and L space.
In macroeconomics, a multiplier is a factor of proportionality that measures how much an endogenous variable changes in response to a change in some exogenous variable.
For example, suppose variable x by 1 unit, which causes another variable y to change by M units. Then the multiplier is M.
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, such as single or double. They are contrasted with distributive numbers. In English, this part of speech is relatively marginal, and less recognized than cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers.
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.