An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
MULTIPLIER
multiplier, multiplier factor
(noun) the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
multiplier (plural multipliers)
(arithmetic) A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
(grammar) An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.
(economics) A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities.
(physics) Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
(physics, 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.
A multiplier onion.
Coordinate terms
• (grammar): cardinal number, distributive number, ordinal number
Anagrams
• multiperil
Source: Wiktionary
Mul"ti*pli`er, n. Etym: [Cf. F. multiplier. Cf. Multiplicator.]
1. One who, or that which, multiplies or increases number.
2. (Math.)
Definition: The number by which another number is multiplied. See the Note under Multiplication.
3. (Physics)
Definition: An instrument for multiplying or increasing by repetition or accumulation the intensity of a force or action, as heat or electricity. It is particularly used to render such a force or action appreciable or measurable when feeble. See Thermomultiplier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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