exponential growth
Doubling then redoubling
Exponential growth is increase at a rate proportional to current size—the larger something gets, the faster it grows.
In mathematics, this describes quantities that double at regular intervals.
The term appears frequently in discussions of population, compound interest, and viral spread.
Casual usage often just means rapid growth: The company experienced exponential growth after the product launch.
Multiplying by two
- compoundingElements merging progressively
- multiplyingIncreasing by repeated addition
- snowballingIncreasing by rapid accumulation
- surgingRising with sudden force
skyrocketing · soaring · escalating · amplifying · rocketing · zooming · ballooning · proliferating
Exponent-determining mathematical operation
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- powersAbilities or authorities held
- geometric progressionSeries multiplying by constant
- asymptoteUnreached bounding curve
calculus · function · curve · derivative · integral · natural logarithm · doubling time · growth factor
Act of duplicating precisely
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- cell divisionParent splitting into offspring
- population boomRapid increase in people
- reproductionCopying or procreation
colony · bacterial growth · mitosis · carrying capacity · overpopulation · culture · biomass · bloom
Disease spread by contact
- spreadTo distribute widely
- transmissionSending of information
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
epidemic · superspreader · infection rate · R-naught · herd immunity · contact tracing · incubation · mutation
Returns on reinvested earnings
- returnsProfits from investments
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- wealth accumulationProcess of gathering assets
capital gains · reinvestment · yield · appreciation · multiplier effect · inflation · market bubble · valuation
doubling
Multiplying by two
- compoundingElements merging progressively
- multiplyingIncreasing by repeated addition
- snowballingIncreasing by rapid accumulation
surging · skyrocketing · soaring · escalating · amplifying · rocketing · zooming · ballooning · proliferating · intensifying
logarithm
Exponent-determining mathematical operation
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- powersAbilities or authorities held
- geometric progressionSeries multiplying by constant
asymptote · calculus · function · curve · derivative · integral · natural logarithm · doubling time · growth factor · half-life
replication
Act of duplicating precisely
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- cell divisionParent splitting into offspring
- population boomRapid increase in people
reproduction · colony · bacterial growth · mitosis · carrying capacity · overpopulation · culture · biomass · bloom · infestation
contagion
Disease spread by contact
- spreadTo distribute widely
- transmissionSending of information
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
pandemic · epidemic · superspreader · infection rate · R-naught · herd immunity · contact tracing · incubation · mutation · wave
compound interest
Returns on reinvested earnings
- returnsProfits from investments
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- portfolioCollected works or assets
wealth accumulation · capital gains · reinvestment · yield · appreciation · multiplier effect · inflation · market bubble · valuation · assets
- biomathematicsdifferential equations, Michaelis-Menten, pharmacokinetics, feedback loops, carrying capacity
- Cosmic Inflationslow roll, reheating, preheating
- simulation modelspredictive models, Monte Carlo, climate models, growth models, carrying capacity
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- math conceptsangle, numbers, algebra, circle, equations
- pandemiclockdowns, COVID-19, outbreak, epidemic, COVID
exponential growthstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
stasis · linear growth · steady state · plateau · equilibrium
exponential growthcollapse
Sudden structural failure
extinction · die-off · population crash · bust · contraction
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