exponential
UK/ˌɛk.spəˈnɛn.t͡ʃəl//ˌɛk.spəˈnɛn.t͡ʃəl/
exponential adjective: expressed in terms of an exponent (power of a base), the base often being 10 or e.
Adjective
exponential
- Expressed in terms of an exponent (power of a base), the base often being 10 or e.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.2013, Yvelyne Germain-McCarthy, Bringing the NCTM Standards to Life: Best Practices, High School, page 101
- Characterised by a very rapid rate of change, especially increase, or merely a very large amount or degree.
- Near-synonyms: extreme, huge
- There's been an exponential rise in the number of crimes reported this year, compared to last year.
Noun
exponential (plural exponentials)
- Any function that has an exponent as an independent variable.
- Synonyms:
- exponential function
exponential meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
exponential in Hindi
- exponential
- घातीय ghātīya
exponential in Tamil
- எக்ஸ்போனன்ஷியல்
exponential in Marathi
- घातांकीय, घातांकी
exponential in Urdu
- ایکسپونینشل, ایکسپونینشیل, ایکسپونینشنل
More languagesFewer languages
- exponential in Bengali
- সূচকীয়, এক্সপোনেনশিয়াল
- exponential in Telugu
- ఘాతాంక
- exponential in Malayalam
- എക്സ്പോണൻഷ്യൽ, എക്സ്പൊണൻഷ്യൽ, എക്സ്പോണെൻഷ്യൽ
- exponential in Kannada
- ಏರುವ
- exponential in Punjabi
- ਐਕਸਪੋਨੈਂਸ਼ੀਅਲ, ਐਕਸਪੋਨੈਂਸ਼ਿਅਲ, ਐਕਸਪੋਨੇਸ਼ਿਅਲ
- exponential in Gujarati
- ઘાતાંકીય, એક્સપોનેન્શલ
- exponential in Odia
- ଘାତାଂକୀ
- exponential in Nepali
- घातीय, घातांकीय, एक्सपोनेन्शल
- exponential in Tagalog
- paulitin
- exponential in Arabic
- أُسِّيّ ʔussiyy
Examples of exponential in a sentence
- The exponential function maps the set of real numbers onto the set of positive real numbers.
- Exponential generating functions are generally more convenient than ordinary generating functions for combinatorial enumeration problems that involve labelled objects.
- A constant growth rate produces exponential growth.
Synonyms of exponential
Antonyms
Forms of exponential
| plural | exponentials |
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Origin of exponential
From exponent + -ial.
Words formed from exponential
- 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
Phrases with exponential
Questions about exponential
- What does exponential mean?
- Exponential means expressed in terms of an exponent (power of a base), the base often being 10 or e.
- What is exponential in Hindi?
- Exponential in Hindi is घातीय (ghātīya). See Exponential meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is exponential?
- Exponential can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce exponential?
- Exponential is pronounced /ˌɛk.spəˈnɛn.t͡ʃəl/ (UK).
Words near exponential in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: exponential (page history and authors); घातीय (Hindi) (page history and authors); exponential (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exponential (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exponential (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exponential (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exponential (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exponential (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exponential (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exponential (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exponential (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exponential (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exponential (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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