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EXPONENTIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exponential mean? 

EXPONENTIAL (noun)
  The noun EXPONENTIAL has 1 sense:

1. a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponentplay

  Familiarity information: EXPONENTIAL used as a noun is very rare.


EXPONENTIAL (adjective)
  The adjective EXPONENTIAL has 1 sense:

1. of or involving exponentsplay

  Familiarity information: EXPONENTIAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXPONENTIAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

exponential; exponential function

Hypernyms ("exponential" is a kind of...):

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))

Derivation:

exponential (of or involving exponents)


EXPONENTIAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or involving exponents

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

exponential growth

Pertainym:

exponent (a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself)

Derivation:

exponent (a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself)

exponential (a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent)


 Context examples 


It is the discreet analog of the exponential distribution.

(Geometric Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)



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