multiplier
[ˈmʌɫ.tɪˌplaɪ.ɚ]
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who multiplies or causes something to increase.
noun
A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
noun
An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.
noun
Example Sentences
- "In the expression 5 × 7, the "5" is a multiplier."
- "The score multiplier increases each time you complete a level of the video game."
- "The electron number constraint unlike the idempotency constraint can be represented by a single equation. For this reason, one can properly incorporate this constraint using a Lagrange multiplier and defining an effective chemical potential"
- "After studying a recursive formulation and the associated Bellman equation, in section 5.5 we analyze a Lagrangian formulation that provides useful insights about how Lagrange multipliers on transition laws relate to gradients of value functions."
- "But that can be ignored, because the USTR has set ε at 4 and φ at 0.25, so when computed give an overall multiplier of 1 for the imports number. And multiplying by 1 makes no difference at all."
- "English multipliers include "double" and "triple"."
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [ˈmʌɫ.tɪˌplaɪ.ɚ]
- British English: [ˈmʌɫ.tɪˌplaɪ.ə(ɹ)]
Usage
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Phrases
electron multiplier
force multiplier
frequency multiplier
function multiplier
Greinacher multiplier
multiplier effect
multiplier of words
voltage multiplier