The timer is also reset at this point, so the new multiplying factor is set to be doubled after five seconds, and so on.

计时器这时也重置，所以新的乘数也在 5 秒之后被设置成加倍数值，如此类推。

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This makes the device suspend itself and send the current value of the multiplying factor to the controller over a second channel.

这使设备中止自身，并把乘数的当前值通过第二个通道发送给控制器。

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Timer is an instance of CSTimer, which is set to trigger every five seconds, at which time the device will double the current value of the multiplying factor.

timer是CSTimer的实例，它被设置成每5秒触发一次，每次触发时，设备会把乘数的当前值加倍。

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So multiplying a vector by a number means stretch it by that factor.

所以用数字乘以矢量,就相当于将它伸长了相应的倍数

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