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< oddessentials ~/ define force-multiplier

force multiplier

/fôrs ˈməltəˌplīər/ noun
1.
// principal

a tool, system, or partner that significantly increases the effectiveness of existing people and resources — enabling a small organization to achieve results beyond what its size would ordinarily allow.

2.
// broad sense

something that transforms limited people, time, and resources into disproportionately greater capability, reach, and results.

3.
// military · usage

a capability that raises the combat effect of a force so that a smaller unit achieves the impact of a much larger one.

e.g. radar, air support, and accurate maps were the force multipliers of the campaign.
see alsoleverage · incubation · ~/apply
synonymsmultiplier, amplifier, lever, edge
antonymsheadcount, busywork, toil
etymologyforce + multiplier; from Latin multiplicare, “to increase manifold.”
> odd essentials builds them_ become a force multiplier. the incubator is a filter, not a suggestion box.
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