exponents

Noun

exponent (plural exponents)

1. One who expounds, represents or advocates.
   • Like attracts like," explained Mrs. Mailey, who was quite as capable an exponent as her husband.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
2. The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the 3 in 2³=8.

   Synonyms:

   power

3. (obsolete) The degree to which the root of a radicand is found, for example, the 2 in ^(2])√=b.
   • A Power that hath neither the Signs #43; or - before it, is look'd upon as Affirmative, and if it be preceded by a Number that contains the Root ſought and its Exponent may be commenſured by the Exponent of the Root; namely for the Square Root by 2, for the Cube by 3, &c. it will contain the Root...1711, [Jacques Ozanam], “Abridgement of Algebra. Chapter I. Of Monomes.”, in Daniel Hilman, transl., M. Ozanam's Introduction to the Mathematicks or His Algebra: Wherein the Rudiments of that Most...

   Synonyms:

   degree, power

4. A phonological manifestation of a morphosyntactic property; in layman's terms, the expression of one or more grammatical properties by sound.
   • However, there have been no examples presented of gender systems where the plain n triggers one exponent for gender agreement, and the male and female ns together trigger a different exponent.2015, Ruth Kramer, The Morphosyntax of Gender, page 83
5. The part of a floating-point number that represents its exponent value.