exponent
ex·po·nent
noun
2.
someone who expounds and interprets or explains
3.
a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
Origin
From Latin expōnēns, present participle of expōnō (“to expose; to exhibit, display, set out; to explain”), from ex- (“out, away”) + pōnō (“to lay, place, put”).
Phrases
- critical exponent
- exponent of inseparability
- lifting the exponent
- log(base) = logarithmization
- Lyapunov exponent
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