See also: しょうすう

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For pronunciation and definitions of じょうすう – see the following entries.
乗数
[noun] (arithmetic) multiplier, as b in a × b, opposite order of English.
常数
[noun] natural course of things
[noun] (mathematics) a constant, an invariable
(This term, じょうすう (jōsū), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)