multipliers

Noun

multiplier (plural multipliers)

1. One who multiplies or causes something to increase.
2. A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
   • In the expression 5 × 7, the "5" is a multiplier.
3. An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.
   • English multipliers include "double" and "triple".
4. A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities.
   • There is a second-round effect of crowding in higher private investment as public sector contractors tool up to meet the public contracts, and then a third – as all firms adjust to the higher level of demand by raising business investment levels – of more crowding in and so-called “multiplier...2024 November 3, Will Hutton, “Investment drives growth. That’s why gloomy forecasters are so wrong about the budget”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2025
5. Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
   1. (obsolete) 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.

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