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noun

Multiplier n.

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.

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Etymology of 'Multiplier'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Multiplier" Quotes from Famous Books

... yeux n'taient point accoutums ses rudes contours; mais, depuis un an, elle est pour moi blouissante de clart. On a beau me l'allonger chaque jour, on n'arrivera pas me l'obscurcir. On a beau y multiplier les ronces et les pierres, aprs lesquelles je laisse de ma chair et de mon sang, on n'arrivera pas m'y arrter. Je sais que j'irai jusqu'au bout. Je vois devant moi la victoire.... Mais, l-bas, derrire moi, il y a une foule qui parfois s'inquite dans les tnbres. Au moment o la vieille ...

— Defenders of Democracy • Militia of Mercy

... her mind than it might have done if she had been domestically unoccupied. Her husband had paid the publisher's bill with the doctor's, and there it all had ended for the time. But, though less than a poet of her century, Ella was more than a mere multiplier of her kind, and latterly she had begun to feel the old afflatus once more. And now by an odd conjunction she found herself in the ...

— Wessex Tales • Thomas Hardy

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