“Once the software defragments the file, it will be a bit for bit multiple of the original.”
“21 is a multiple of 7.”
multiplier
(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) 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.
“Our understanding, and therefore judgment and decision-making capacities, are critically affected by the multiplicity of available choices.”
“Here's where old ideas, like the wonder of a common currency, have struggled to cope with a multiplicity of new and very different economies.”
“The singleness of the end contrasted with the multiplicity of means, allowed for the full exercise of human faculties.”
multiplication
(uncountable, arithmetic) The process of computing the sum of a number with itself a specified number of times, or any other analogousbinary operation that combines other mathematical objects.
(countable, arithmetic) A calculation involving multiplication.
The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase.