单词 | exponential curve |
释义 | > as lemmasexponential curve exponential curve n. Mathematics a curve that is the graph of an equation that includes an exponential whose exponent contains the variable, esp. one with an equation of the form y = abx, where a and b are constants. [After post-classical Latin curva exponentialis (1697); compare French courbe exponentielle (1704 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) Exponential curves are such as partake both of the nature of Algebraick and Transcendent ones. 1854 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 144 69 In this form the similarity of the equations of the exponential curve and the circle is evident. 2011 J. Stewart et al. College Algebra: Concepts & Contexts iii. 295 For the third plot, it seems that an exponential curve might fit better than a line. < as lemmas |
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