Multiplier vs Null - What's the difference?
multiplier | null |
(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 in 1820 invented the electric coil, increasing the electro-magnetic field from a single wire, this invention was called a multiplier .
A multiplier onion.
* 1995 , Marian Coonse, Onions, Leeks and Garlic: A Handbook for Gardeners (page 52)
A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
Zero]] quantity of [[expression, expressions; nothing.
Something that has no force or meaning.
(computing) the ASCII or Unicode character (), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
(computing) the attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
One of the beads in nulled work.
(statistics) null hypothesis
Having no validity, "null and void"
insignificant
* 1924 , Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove :
absent or non-existent
(mathematics) of the null set
(mathematics) of or comprising a value of precisely zero
(genetics, of a mutation) causing a complete loss of gene function, amorphic.
As nouns the difference between multiplier and null
is that multiplier is (arithmetic) a number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied while null is zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.multiplier
English
(wikipedia multiplier)Noun
(en noun)- In the expression'' 5 × 7, ''the "5" is a multiplier .
- The score multiplier increases each time you complete a level of the video game.
- English multipliers include "double" and "triple".
- Shallots are the most prolific of all the multipliers , and easier to grow than onions.
See also
* addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend * mechanical torque multiplier * power multiplier (outlet) English agent nouns ----null
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Francis Bacon)
- Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null .
Adjective
(en adjective)- In proportion as we descend the social scale our snobbishness fastens on to mere nothings which are perhaps no more null than the distinctions observed by the aristocracy, but, being more obscure, more peculiar to the individual, take us more by surprise.