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单词 exponent
释义 ex·po·nent
I. \ikˈspōnənt, ekˈs-, ˈekˌs-\ adjective
Etymology: Latin exponent-, exponens, present participle of exponere to explain, expound, set forth — more at expound
: giving exemplification : explaining
 < in his characters we find not so much people who are exponent types of a region as personifications of various human qualities — J.W.Wilson >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : a symbol written above and to the right of a symbol, expression, or quantity to indicate a mathematical operation to be performed (as in involution where 2 in a2 indicates how many times the operand is to be taken as a factor: a×a; or in extraction of a root where 1/3 in a 1/3 indicates a cube root of a:3√a)
2.
 a. : an expounder or explainer especially of a doctrine
  < an exponent of profound economic truths — Current Biography >
  : an interpreter especially of an art
  < an important exponent of the living Bach as opposed to the dry and pedantic Bach — A.E.Wier >
  < the most controversial figure in the modern dance and … its most successful exponent — Walter Terry >
  : a representative or practitioner especially of a profession or other activity
  < a well-known exponent of the science of anthropology — Current Biography >
 b. : one that champions, advocates, or exemplifies
  < the best known exponent of this use of free association in verse — C.D.Lewis >
  < a leading exponent of arbitration in labor-management disputes — Current Biography >
III. noun
: a specific element of a linguistic category
 < eat is an exponent of the class “verb” >
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