> So, it is in fact used that way sometimes then. No, and that's the point of using a different word "submultiple". > I've always taken multiplier "a multipl

> So, it is in fact used that way sometimes then. No, and that's the point of using a different word "submultiple". > I've always taken multiplier "a multiple of" is not the same thing as "multiplier". Or "submultiple" either. Different words have different meanings. So not relevant. > to possibly mean any positive, negative, or zero value, rational or irrational, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiple https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiple multiple, noun: the product of a quantity by an integer. So no.