noun
Meaning 1
One who multiplies or causes something to increase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
multiplier
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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mŭlʹ-tĭ-plī'-ər
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/ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪəɹ/
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UK: [ˈmʌɫ.tɪˌplaɪ.ə(ɹ)]
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US: [ˈmʌɫ.tɪˌplaɪ.ɚ]
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CMU ARPABET: M AH1 L T AH0 P L AY2 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arithmetic
Examples
- In the expression 5 × 7, the "5" is a multiplier.
- The score multiplier increases each time you complete a level of the video game.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- English multipliers include "double" and "triple".
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: economics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 6
Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 7
A multiplier onion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: multiplier factor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: number
Narrower terms: scale factor
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English multiple Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English multiply Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English multiplier From multiply + -er.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: բազմապատկիչ (bazmapatkičʻ) — number
- Asturian: multiplicador — number
- Belarusian: мно́жнік (mnóžnik) — number
- Bulgarian: мно́жител (mnóžitel) — number
- Catalan: multiplicador — number
- Cebuano: pil-anon — number
- Chinese Mandarin: 乘數 /乘数 (chéngshù) — number
- Czech: násobitel — number
- Finnish: kertoja — number
- French: multiplicateur — number
- Galician: multiplicador — number
- Georgian: მამრავლი (mamravli) — number
- German: Multiplikator — number
- Greek: πολλαπλασιαστής (pollaplasiastís) — number
- Hebrew: כּוֹפֵל (kofél) — number
- Hungarian: szorzó — number
- Icelandic: margfaldari — number
- Indonesian: pengali — number
- Italian: moltiplicatore — number
- Japanese: 乗数 (jōsū) — number
- Korean: 승수 (seungsu) — number
- Latin: multiplicātor — number
- Latvian: reizinātājs — number
- Macedonian: множител (množitel) — number
- Māori: tau whakarea — number
- Marathi: गुणक (guṇak) — number
- Polish: mnożnik — number
- Portuguese: multiplicador — number
- Romanian: multiplicator — number
- Romanian: înmulțit — number
- Russian: мно́житель (mnóžitelʹ) — number
- Serbo-Croatian: мно̀житељ — number
- Serbo-Croatian: mnòžitelj — number
- Slovak: násobiteľ — number
- Slovene: množitelj — number
- Spanish: multiplicador — number
- Tagalog: parami — number
- Turkish: çarpan — number
- Ukrainian: мно́жник (mnóžnyk) — number
- Welsh: lluosydd — number
- Polish: przymiotnik mnożny — grammar: type of adjective
- Czech: multiplikátor — economics: ratio
- Finnish: kerroin — economics: ratio
- Polish: mnożnik — economics: ratio
- Bulgarian: усилвател (usilvatel) — physics: device to enhance a signal
- Finnish: vahvistin — physics: device to enhance a signal
- Polish: wzmacniacz — physics: device to enhance a signal
- Ukrainian: помно́жувач (pomnóžuvač) — physics: device to enhance a signal