multiplier

名词 n.
中文释义
英 [ˈmʌɫ.tɪˌplaɪ.ə(ɹ)]    美 [ˈmʌɫ.tɪˌplaɪ.ɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  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.
    — There is a second-round effect of crowding in higher private investment as public sector contractors tool up to meet the public contracts, and then a third – as all firms adjust to the higher level of demand by raising business investment levels – of more crowding in and so-called “multiplier effects”.
  5. Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
  6. Any of several devices used to enhance a signal; 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. obsolete
  7. A multiplier onion.
    — Shallots are the most prolific of all the multipliers, and easier to grow than onions.

词形变化

multipliers plural

词汇关系

上位词
operand
衍生词
biomultiplier electron multiplier force multiplier frequency multiplier function multiplier Greinacher multiplier multiplier effect multiplier of words photomultiplier thermomultiplier voltage multiplier
相关词
successor mechanical torque multiplier power multiplier
并列词
cardinal number distributive number ordinal number

词源

Etymology tree
English multiple
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English multiply
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English multiplier
From multiply + -er.
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