multiplier

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.

   The score multiplier increases each time you complete a level of the video game.

   Multiplikator

   мно́жительmnóžitelʹ

   мно́жникmnóžnyk

   the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied

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.

5. Any of several devices used to enhance a signal

   помно́жувачpomnóžuvač

6. A multiplier onion.

7. Any of several devices used to enhance a signal

   (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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