exponential
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English exponent
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisder.
Old French -ialder.
Middle English -ial
English -ial
English exponential
From exponent + -ial.
Inflected forms:
form: exponentials
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Expressed in terms of an exponent (power of a base), the base often being 10 or e.
pos: adj
examples: In base-10 exponential form, 1,000,000 is written as 10⁶.
If not otherwise specified, "the" exponential function is normally understood to mean eˣ.
gloss: Characterised by a rate of change that is proportional to the value of the varying quantity, or, equivalently, by a doubling or halving over successive fixed intervals of time or other parameter, described as exponential growth or exponential decay.
pos: adj
examples: There were two deaths on Monday, four on Tuesday, and eight on Wednesday. The rate of increase seems exponential.
... Students apply the definition of slope to various representations of growth functions to discover differences between exponential and constant rate of growth.
gloss: Characterised by a very rapid rate of change, especially increase, or merely a very large amount or degree.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
examples: Near-synonyms: extreme, huge
There's been an exponential rise in the number of crimes reported this year, compared to last year.
If loans are not what you are looking for, then search for scholarships [...] I have been putting together scholarship letters for parents over the past decade, and there is an exponential amount of money to be had.
It is also about an arms control forum that has been meeting just once every five years for decision making on topics that are moving with exponential velocity [...]
Of course, one can creatively conjure up a host of things robot-politicians can do at exponential speed and scale, from shaking hands and kissing babies to handling the fundraising “robocalls” that frustrate American voters.
gloss: Any function that has an exponent as an independent variable.
pos: noun
Antonyms: nonexponential
Derived words: biexponential
coexponential
exponential decay
exponential distribution
exponential equation
exponential function
exponential generating function
exponential growth
exponentiality
exponentialize
exponentially
exponential map
exponential object
exponential smoothing
exponential time
hyperexponential
hypoexponential
midexponential
mono-exponential
monoexponential
multiexponential
nonexponential
polyexponential
postexponential
preexponential
pre-exponential
subexponential
superexponential
tetraexponential
triexponential
uniexponential
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: أُسِّيّ
roman: ʔussiyy
lang: Finnish
word: eksponentiaalinen
lang: German
word: exponentiell
lang: Greek
word: εκθετικός
roman: ekthetikós
lang: Hungarian
word: exponenciális
lang: Italian
word: esponenziale
lang: Japanese
word: 指数関数的増大
lang: Polish
word: wykładniczy
lang: Polish
word: eksponencjalny
lang: Portuguese
word: exponencial
lang: Romanian
word: exponențial
lang: Russian
word: экспоненциа́льный
roman: eksponenciálʹnyj
lang: Spanish
word: exponencial
lang: Turkish
word: üssel
lang: Turkish
word: üstel