multiplier

[Eng. multiply; -er.] I. Ord. Lang .: One who or that which multiplies or increases the number of anything. "Broils and quarrels are alone the great accumulators and multipliers of injuries."-Decay of Piety. II. Technically: 1. Arithmetic, .: (1) The factor or number by which another is multiplied; a multiplicator. (2) An arithmometer for performing calculations in multiplication. [ARITHMOMETER.] 2. Teleg .: A frame with a number of repetitive windings of the same wire, in order to obtain their cumulative effect in deflecting a magnetized needle, when the wire is traversed by a current. An invention of Schweiger. Unle the current is sensibly diminished by the resistance of the wire, each convolution exerts an equal force on the needle, thus multiplying the deflective force as many times as there are turns in the wire. Owing to the resist ance, however, it frequently occurs in practice that a few turns of stout wire exert a greater influence on the needle than many convolutions of much finer wire. mul-ti-ply, *mul-ti-plie, v . t . & i. (French multiplier , from Lat. multiplico =to make manifold, from multiplex (gen it. multiplicis )=manifold; Sp. multiplicar ; Ital. multiplicare .] [MULTIPLEX.) IMG:content-1483.png:[blocks in formation] ing the object.