multiplicator
(ˈmʌltɪplɪkeɪtə(r))
[late L., agent-n. f. multiplicāre to multiply.]
1. Math. = multiplier 2. Now rare or Obs.
| 1542 [see multiplier 2]. 1579 Digges Stratiot. 4 The lesse is named the Multiplicator or Multiplyer, the other summe, or number to be multiplyed. 1690 Leybourn Curs. Math. 146 The Summ of the Logarithms of the Multiplicand, and of the Multiplicator, is equal to the Logarithm of the Product. 1734 J. Ward Yng. Math. Guide App. of Gauging 435 If any one would rather work by Multiplication than by Division, he may..change any Divisor into a Multiplicator. 1828 Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 320 The sign of a thousand with that of the proper multiplicator..showed the number slain. 1923 Glasgow Herald 16 Oct. 7 In Cologne order was restored on Friday night... The price ‘Multiplicator’, which played a large part in creating the agitation, has been lowered from 1,800,000,000..to 400,000,000. |
2. a. Electr. and Magn. = multiplier 4.
| 1823 Q. Jrnl. Sci. XVI. 124 It is this which constitutes the electro-magnetic multiplicator. 1876 Catal. Spec. Collect. Sci. Apparatus S. Kens. Mus. (1877) 1049 Multiplicator, according to Schweigger, for thermo-electrical currents. |
b. In a galvanometer, a flat coil of conducting wire for multiplying the effect of the current.
| 1884 in Knight Dict. Mech. |