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Multiplier
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The term multiplier may refer to:
In electrical engineering:
- Multiplication ALU, a digital circuit that multiplies two numbers in a digital system
- Analog multiplier, a device that multiplies two analog signals
In macroeconomics:
- Multiplier (economics), an effect that occurs when a change in spending causes a disproportionate change in aggregate demand.
- Money multiplier, a term that represents the maximum amount of money that the banking system generates with each dollar of excess reserves.
In warfare:
- Force multiplier, a factor that dramatically increases the combat-effectiveness of a given military force.
In mathematics:
- Lagrange multiplier, a scalar variable used in mathematics to solve an optimisation problem for a given constraint.
- multiplier (Fourier analysis), an operator that multiplies the Fourier coefficients of a function by a specified function (known as the symbol).
In fishing:
- A multiplier fishing reel creates less friction when casting.
In clock signal:
- A CPU multiplier allows a CPU to perform more cycles per single cycle of the front side bus.
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