exponentiation
Raising to powers
Exponentiation is the mathematical operation of raising a number to a power.
In 2³ = 8, the base (2) is multiplied by itself the number of times indicated by the exponent (3).
Exponentiation produces rapid growth—exponential growth—which extends metaphorically to anything increasing at an accelerating rate: The virus spread exponentially.
Raised to second power
- cubedMultiplied by itself twice
- powersAbilities or authorities held
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
logarithm · indices · factorial · algebra · calculus · polynomial · binomial · radical
Combined into one
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- doublingMultiplying by two
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
- progressionSequential forward movement
acceleration · snowball · proliferation · Moore's law · viral · population · runaway · explosion
System of written symbols
- magnitudeSize or scale
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- decibelTenth of a bel
Richter · pH · astronomical · large numbers · floating-point · mantissa · significant figures · precision
squared
Raised to second power
index · logarithm · indices · factorial · algebra · calculus · polynomial · binomial · radical · root
compound
Combined into one
progression · acceleration · snowball · proliferation · Moore's law · viral · population · runaway · explosion · curve
notation
System of written symbols
decibel · Richter · pH · astronomical · large numbers · floating-point · mantissa · significant figures · precision · scientific calculator
raise
Lift or increase
iterate · evaluate · simplify · expand · derive · power · inverse · reciprocal · modular · binary
- math operationsaddition, adding, subtraction, subtracting, multiplication
- calculationsaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, sum
- algebravariables, equations, equation, polynomials, algebraic equations
- algorithmsalgorithm, algorithms, DFS, binary search, A star
- hyperoperationsaddition, multiplication, double arrow
- mental mathmental math, mental arithmetic, estimation, guesstimate, ballpark
exponentiationlogarithm
Exponent-determining mathematical operation
nth root · square root · cube root · log · natural logarithm
exponentiationaddition
Joining quantities mathematically
subtraction · counting · increment · incrementing · division
position, expose, exposure, impose, opponent, deposit, component, repose, proponent