ETYM Cf. French multiplier. Related to Multiplicator.
1. In arithmetic, the number that indicates how many times another number (the multiplicand) is multiplied. See also factor. Compare multiplicand.
2. In computing, an electronic device independent of the central processing unit (CPU) that performs multiplication by adding the multiplicand according to the value of the digits in the multiplier.
The number by which a multiplicand is multiplied; SYN. multiplier factor.
In economics, the theoretical concept, formulated by John Maynard Keynes, of the effect on national income or employment by an adjustment in overall demand. For example, investment by a company in a new plant will stimulate new income and expenditure, which will in turn generate new investment, and so on, so that the actual increase in national income may be several times greater than the original investment. + prikaži više