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exponential time

exponential time noun: an algorithm whose running time increases as an exponential function of the size of its input.

Noun

exponential time (countable and uncountable, plural exponential times)

  1. An algorithm whose running time increases as an exponential function of the size of its input.

Forms of exponential time

pluralexponential times

Questions about exponential time

What does exponential time mean?
Exponential time means an algorithm whose running time increases as an exponential function of the size of its input.
What part of speech is exponential time?
Exponential time is a noun.
What is the plural of exponential time?
The plural of exponential time is exponential times.

Words near exponential time in the dictionary

  1. exponential maps
  2. exponential object
  3. exponential objects
  4. exponential smoothing
  5. exponential smoothings
  6. exponential time
  7. exponential times
  8. exponentialities
  9. exponentiality
  10. exponentialize
  11. exponentialized

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