Multiplier
noun
A number by which another number is multiplied.
If you multiply 5 by 3, the multiplier is 3.
Often appears as...
- multiplication multiplier
- constant multiplier
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Academic
noun
A factor that increases (or multiplies) the rate of progress or growth.
Improved technology acts as a multiplier to economic growth.
Often appears as...
- economic multiplier
- growth multiplier
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Academic
noun
A device or system for increasing the power, speed, or intensity of something.
The new turbocharger acted as a multiplier for the car's horsepower.
Often appears as...
- speed multiplier
- intensity multiplier
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Technical
noun
A number by which another number is multiplied.
If you multiply 5 by 3, the multiplier is 3.
Often appears as...
- multiplication multiplier
- constant multiplier
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A factor that increases (or multiplies) the rate of progress or growth.
Improved technology acts as a multiplier to economic growth.
Often appears as...
- economic multiplier
- growth multiplier
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A device or system for increasing the power, speed, or intensity of something.
The new turbocharger acted as a multiplier for the car's horsepower.
Often appears as...
- speed multiplier
- intensity multiplier
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Mathematical Context
When 'multiplier' is used in math, it specifically refers to the number that multiplies another.
In 6 x 4 = 24, the multiplier is 4.
Pro Tip 2/2Multiplication Operations
'Multiplier' is used in everyday math, like calculating tips or scaling a recipe.
Double a cookie recipe by using a multiplier of 2 for each ingredient.
Pro Tip 1/2Mathematical Context
When 'multiplier' is used in math, it specifically refers to the number that multiplies another.
In 6 x 4 = 24, the multiplier is 4.
Pro Tip 2/2Multiplication Operations
'Multiplier' is used in everyday math, like calculating tips or scaling a recipe.
Double a cookie recipe by using a multiplier of 2 for each ingredient.
Pro Tip 1/2Mathematical Context
When 'multiplier' is used in math, it specifically refers to the number that multiplies another.
In 6 x 4 = 24, the multiplier is 4.
Pro Tip 2/2Multiplication Operations
'Multiplier' is used in everyday math, like calculating tips or scaling a recipe.
Double a cookie recipe by using a multiplier of 2 for each ingredient.
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The moral dangers of...
reason why in the chemical weapons convention it's very clear that you can't use riot control agents as a weapon of warfare the problem with that is that it seemed that sometimes non-lethal weapons might actually be used not as an alternative to lethal force but as a little lethal force multiplier that you used non-lethal
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The most important thing...
because it is, as the military calls it, a "threat multiplier." It takes those issues, like poverty and hunger and disease and lack of access to clean water and even political crises that lead to refugee crises -- it takes all of these issues and it exacerbates them, it makes them worse. I'm not a Rotarian.
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How a strong creative...
and move up their own respective career ladders, not just in our company but in the market at large. Members of our crew have gone on to start their own production companies, joined ad agencies, communication firms, even other TV stations. To me, this multiplier effect is what it's all about.
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Vicki Arroyo: Let's...
Look no further than the insurance industry as they struggle to cope with mounting catastrophic losses from extreme weather events. The military gets it. They call climate change a threat multiplier that could harm stability and security, while governments around the world are evaluating
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The moral dangers of...
The hostage takers who had been rendered unconscious by the gas were not taken into custody; they were simply shot in the head. So this nonlethal weapon was being used in this case as a lethal force multiplier, to make killing more effective in this particular situation.
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Let's prepare for our...
gets it they call climate change a threat multiplier that could harm stability and security while governments around the world are evaluating how to respond so what can we do how can we prepare and adapt I'd like to share three sets of examples starting with
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Everest, Mars, and...
was 16 years from nineteen fifty three to nineteen sixty-nine and it really as a young person it just motivated me to engage in school and and it's got had a great multiplier effect and that was part of the reason we set out last year
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What if we ended the...
creating a massive force multiplier. So a dollar donated today can be used to pay bail for up to 15 people over the next five years. Our strategy also relies on the experience and the wisdom and the leadership
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How synthetic biology...
In fact, with somebody this nihilistic, he may well have gladly killed us all. We don't know. What we do know is when suicidal murderers really go all in, technology is the force multiplier. Here's an example.
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A bold plan to empower...
like malnutrition, stunting, poverty, infant mortality, child marriage. So by working and focusing here, you can actually create a large multiplier effect across all of these indicators. And it would mean
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The moral dangers of...
reason why in the chemical weapons convention it's very clear that you can't use riot control agents as a weapon of warfare the problem with that is that it seemed that sometimes non-lethal weapons might actually be used not as an alternative to lethal force but as a little lethal force multiplier that you used non-lethal
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The most important thing...
because it is, as the military calls it, a "threat multiplier." It takes those issues, like poverty and hunger and disease and lack of access to clean water and even political crises that lead to refugee crises -- it takes all of these issues and it exacerbates them, it makes them worse. I'm not a Rotarian.
Video examples
How a strong creative...
and move up their own respective career ladders, not just in our company but in the market at large. Members of our crew have gone on to start their own production companies, joined ad agencies, communication firms, even other TV stations. To me, this multiplier effect is what it's all about.
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Vicki Arroyo: Let's...
Look no further than the insurance industry as they struggle to cope with mounting catastrophic losses from extreme weather events. The military gets it. They call climate change a threat multiplier that could harm stability and security, while governments around the world are evaluating
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The moral dangers of...
The hostage takers who had been rendered unconscious by the gas were not taken into custody; they were simply shot in the head. So this nonlethal weapon was being used in this case as a lethal force multiplier, to make killing more effective in this particular situation.
Video examples
Let's prepare for our...
gets it they call climate change a threat multiplier that could harm stability and security while governments around the world are evaluating how to respond so what can we do how can we prepare and adapt I'd like to share three sets of examples starting with
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Everest, Mars, and...
was 16 years from nineteen fifty three to nineteen sixty-nine and it really as a young person it just motivated me to engage in school and and it's got had a great multiplier effect and that was part of the reason we set out last year
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What if we ended the...
creating a massive force multiplier. So a dollar donated today can be used to pay bail for up to 15 people over the next five years. Our strategy also relies on the experience and the wisdom and the leadership
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How synthetic biology...
In fact, with somebody this nihilistic, he may well have gladly killed us all. We don't know. What we do know is when suicidal murderers really go all in, technology is the force multiplier. Here's an example.
Video examples
A bold plan to empower...
like malnutrition, stunting, poverty, infant mortality, child marriage. So by working and focusing here, you can actually create a large multiplier effect across all of these indicators. And it would mean
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Samantha Power
Irish Public Servant
Influence is best measured not only by military hardware and GDP, but also by other people's perceptions that we, the United States, are using our power legitimately. That belief - that we are acting in the interests of the global commons and in accordance with the rule of law - is what the military would call a 'force multiplier.
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Steve Bannon
American Public Servant
Technology not only allows grassroots conservatives like Palin to get their message across without the mainstream media's filter and become a 'force multiplier,' it also helps them topple candidates financially backed by the establishment.
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Maurice Strong
Canadian Businessman
Don't accept that you can't make a difference. Because if you can't make a difference, you won't make a difference, and if you put a multiplier on that we will continue on an unsustainable pathway.
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Dmitri Alperovitch
Russian Businessman
Advanced nation-states are now using cyber power for unrestricted economic warfare and national security-motivated espionage, as well as a force multiplier and signaling instrument in conflicts.
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Raghav Bahl
Indian Businessman
In my world view, clearly the Internet is a huge force multiplier for Indian media because it has not crept up on us like something invisible; we've seen it all play out in the West.
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Sunil Mittal
Indian Businessman
If telecom are seen as a rightful infrastructure for the growth of many other sectors in the economy and the multiplier force, then I think it doesn't deserve to be taxed so high.
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Sharan Burrow
Welsh Activist
We know how to build economies. It requires investment in jobs. The biggest medium-term multiplier is infrastructure.
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William Clay Ford, Jr.
American Businessman
Manufacturing still has the greatest multiplier effect, in terms of job creation, of any sector of the economy.
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Colin Powell
American Statesman
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Tom Ridge
American Politician
Trust is a great force multiplier.
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Samantha Power
Irish Public Servant
Influence is best measured not only by military hardware and GDP, but also by other people's perceptions that we, the United States, are using our power legitimately. That belief - that we are acting in the interests of the global commons and in accordance with the rule of law - is what the military would call a 'force multiplier.
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Steve Bannon
American Public Servant
Technology not only allows grassroots conservatives like Palin to get their message across without the mainstream media's filter and become a 'force multiplier,' it also helps them topple candidates financially backed by the establishment.
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Maurice Strong
Canadian Businessman
Don't accept that you can't make a difference. Because if you can't make a difference, you won't make a difference, and if you put a multiplier on that we will continue on an unsustainable pathway.
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Dmitri Alperovitch
Russian Businessman
Advanced nation-states are now using cyber power for unrestricted economic warfare and national security-motivated espionage, as well as a force multiplier and signaling instrument in conflicts.
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Raghav Bahl
Indian Businessman
In my world view, clearly the Internet is a huge force multiplier for Indian media because it has not crept up on us like something invisible; we've seen it all play out in the West.
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Sunil Mittal
Indian Businessman
If telecom are seen as a rightful infrastructure for the growth of many other sectors in the economy and the multiplier force, then I think it doesn't deserve to be taxed so high.
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Sharan Burrow
Welsh Activist
We know how to build economies. It requires investment in jobs. The biggest medium-term multiplier is infrastructure.
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William Clay Ford, Jr.
American Businessman
Manufacturing still has the greatest multiplier effect, in terms of job creation, of any sector of the economy.
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Colin Powell
American Statesman
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Tom Ridge
American Politician
Trust is a great force multiplier.
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