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multiplier definition

multi·plier (mul′tə plī′ər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that multiplies or increases
  2. Econ. the ratio between the total increase in income resulting from the stimulating effect of an initial expenditure and the initial expenditure itself
  3. Math. the number by which another number (the multiplicand) is, or is to be, multiplied
  4. Physics any device for multiplying, or intensifying, some effect

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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