China's and India's 2012 economic growth rates are projected by the I.M.F. as multiples of America's rate of economic growth.
And prices for companies (as multiples of profits) are higher than even at the height of the credit boom.
Until a few years ago, measuring stock prices as multiples of such factors as earnings, revenue and book value was generally accepted.
All of the ten bursts that have been detected so far have dispersion measures that line up as multiples of a single number: 187.5.
Moreover, all other whole numbers were regarded as multiples of one, representative of the Creator, the Prime Mover, of the universe.
As far as multiples of estimated 2011 earnings go, equity investors peg K.K.R. at a 40 percent discount to Blackstone, according to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.
These acceleration or deceleration forces, expressed as multiples of gravity, or G's, force blood from the upper part of the body -- including the brain -- to the legs and feet, and also impair breathing.
Changes on HAQ-scores were considered as multiples of 0.125.
With high-tech companies quotd not as multiples of earnings, but rather as multiples of sales, knowledge of technology became a valuable attribute for investment bankers.
The values of MCA-PSV and hemoglobin were expressed as multiples of the median (MoM).
Birthweights were expressed as multiples of the median (MoM) for the relevant gestational week.
