Definitions for multiplier

multiplier mul·ti·pli·er

Spelling: [muhl-tuh-plahy-er]
IPA: /ˈmʌl təˌplaɪ ər/

Multiplier is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 363 anagrams from letters in multiplier (eiillmprtu).

Definitions for multiplier

noun

  1. a person or thing that multiplies.
  2. Arithmetic. a number by which another is multiplied.
  3. Physics. a device for intensifying some effect.

Origin of multiplier

late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75; See origin at multiply1, -er1

Examples for multiplier

From the example it will be seen that he begins by multiplying by 3, the right-hand digit of the multiplier.

That,” she says, “is the multiplier effect of investing in women.

Robert Barro of Harvard has studied wartime and defense spending, and found a multiplier of only 0.8.

Second, the economic “multiplier” of state and local spending (not including transfer payments) is large – around 1.24.

Let the task be to multiply a multiplicand of four figures by a multiplier of three.

Hence, a dollar of government spending would produce more than a dollar of new output because of the “multiplier effect.”

Any other number could be used as a multiplier, and if gears having 24 and 36 teeth were not available, this might be necessary.

It shtingeth like a serpent, an' biteth like a multiplier—I mean an adder.

The “bow-pattern” device has novelty interest only, adding nothing to the elucidation of the multiplier phenomenon.

That takes time before the multiplier effect fully kicks in with private sector job creation.

Word Value for multiplier
Scrable

14

Words with friends

19

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