exponentialadjective
uk/ˌek.spəˈnen.ʃəl/us/ˌek.spoʊˈnen.ʃəl/exponential adjective (INCREASE)
formal An exponential rate of increase becomes quicker and quicker as the thing that increases becomes larger:
We are looking for exponential growth in our investment.
There has been an exponential increase in the world population this century.
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Terms for numbers
- additive inverse
- aliquot
- common denominator
- common factor
- common multiple
- cos
- fold
- fortyfold
- fourfold
- GCF
- hundredfold
- imaginary number
- odd
- remainder
- resultant
- root
- sevenfold
- seventyfold
- sixfold
- weighting
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exponential adjective (NUMBER)
specialized mathematics containing an exponent (= a number or sign that shows how many times another number is to be multiplied by itself):
64 is an exponential expression.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Terms for numbers
- additive inverse
- aliquot
- common denominator
- common factor
- common multiple
- cos
- fold
- fortyfold
- fourfold
- GCF
- hundredfold
- imaginary number
- odd
- remainder
- resultant
- root
- sevenfold
- seventyfold
- sixfold
- weighting
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exponentially
adverb uk/ˌek.spəˈnen.ʃəl.i/us/ˌek.spoʊˈnen.ʃəl.i/formal
Malthus wrote about the risks involved in the world's population increasing exponentially.