单词 | exponential |
释义 | exponential (once / 16169 pages) nadj Exponential describes a very rapid increase. An exponential rise in the number of first graders with head lice might be a result of all the hat sharing that's gone on lately. Exponential is also a mathematical term, meaning "involving an exponent." When you raise a number to the tenth power, for example, that's an exponential increase in that number. When your next door neighbor describes the exponential growth of her rose bushes or the exponential increase in members of her book group, she means that there's been a sharp, fast expansion of both things. WORD FAMILYexponential: exponentially+/exponent: exponential, exponentiation, exponents USAGE EXAMPLES“The ripple effect of those lost … There’s five, 10, 30, there’s 50 and you do the math and it’s exponential.” Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) Spotting them would help confirm that the newborn universe underwent an exponential growth spurt called inflation. Science Magazine(Dec 22, 2016) One virus replicates to create a hundred viruses—the infection propagates more infection—and an exponential expansion ensues. The New Yorker(Aug 15, 2016) 1n a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent Syn|Hyper exponential function function, map, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) 2adj of or involving exponents exponential growth |
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