exponential
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- adjective
- /ˌɛkspəˈnɛnʃəl/
- Specialized
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exponencial
- The number of users on the platform is experiencing exponential growth as more people share it with their friends.
- exponential growth
- exponential rise
- exponential increase
So it looks like an exponential relaxation to a value CS.
- So it looks like an exponential relaxation to a value CS.
- And this is the big problem of exponential algorithms in computing.
- It just feels weird because the stock price has gone exponential where Tesla hasn't yet.
- Because if you think about it, if you have exponential growth, it starts here.
- Perhaps Symbio is one such space because of the exponential effects of the technology.
- I think there's certain ideas there of growth, of exponential growth.
- And the second example we did compound interest, compound and yearly that was exponential growth, right?
- If you can't teach it, you don't experience exponential growth.
- And if you are pregnant, you're just going to have a constant yet exponential increase in HCG.
- This is something that precedes at an exponential rate.
- But just to leave it as pure exponential is obviously wrong.
- And those results are exponential if you're successful.
Examples
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If translated correctly, the S-curve reveals when "exponential growth" must end and be replaced by "hitting the wall."
Academic text (2012) -
It became clear that AI was capable of exponential learning.
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So this is where they talk about this exponential growth in costs.
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When you start doing the one thing, it's exponential growth.
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Of course, in real life, exponential growth cannot go on forever.
Academic text (1992) -
The rate of growth is exponential.
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An exponential increase in energy output.
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The rate of social and technological change is exponential, a curve going almost straight up.
Academic text (1991) -
Meanwhile, the population, already beyond 110 million, is growing at exponential rates of 3 to 3.5 percent a year.
Academic text (1991) -
The scientist explained how the bacteria multiplied at an exponential rate under ideal conditions.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A rule that gives a number by raising a fixed number to a variable's power
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A decrease where an amount falls by the same part over equal times, becoming much smaller over time
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Exponential comes from exponent, built from ex- 'out' and ponere 'to put', because an exponent 'shows' the power of a number. That's why calling growth exponential means it gets much larger very fast, like something that keeps doubling.