exponents
Powers in math
Exponents are numbers or symbols indicating how many times a base number multiplies itself: in 2³, the exponent 3 means 2 × 2 × 2.
Beyond mathematics, an exponent is someone who advocates or exemplifies something: She was an early exponent of minimalist design.
The word suggests active promotion or skilled demonstration of an idea, style, or method.
Supporting bottom structure
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- squaredRaised to second power
- cubedMultiplied by itself twice
- indicesOrganized lists for lookup
logarithms · radicals · roots · notation · superscript · negative · fractional · zero
Elements merging progressively
- doublingMultiplying by two
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- viral spreadPathogen transmission between hosts
- Moore's lawTransistors double every two years
compound interest · acceleration · proliferation · curve · runaway · geometric · progression · snowball
Quantified chance of occurrence
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- power lawMathematical relationship with exponents
- logarithmic scaleMeasurement showing multiplicative change
- decayGradual organic breakdown
half-life · regression · curve fitting · variance · standard deviation · normal distribution · skewness · tail
One who advocates something
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- spokespersonAuthorized representative communicator
- representativeOne who acts for another
promoter · supporter · defender · practitioner · exemplar · embodiment · voice · ambassador
base
Supporting bottom structure
indices · logarithms · radicals · roots · notation · superscript · negative · fractional · zero · rational
compounding
Elements merging progressively
- doublingMultiplying by two
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- viral spreadPathogen transmission between hosts
Moore's law · compound interest · acceleration · proliferation · curve · runaway · geometric · progression · snowball · explosion
probability
Quantified chance of occurrence
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- power lawMathematical relationship with exponents
- logarithmic scaleMeasurement showing multiplicative change
decay · half-life · regression · curve fitting · variance · standard deviation · normal distribution · skewness · tail · outlier
proponent
One who advocates something
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- spokespersonAuthorized representative communicator
representative · promoter · supporter · defender · practitioner · exemplar · embodiment · voice · ambassador · apostle
- algebravariables, equations, equation, polynomials, algebraic equations
- precalculusfunctions, polynomials, trigonometry, logarithms, domain
- basic mathsubtraction, multiplying, dividing, adding, subtracting
- mathaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, algebra
- math skillsarithmetic, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
- mathematicsalgebra, arithmetic, calculus, geometry, number
exponentsopponents
Those who compete against
critics · detractors · antagonists · adversaries · foes
exponentsbases
Bottom supports or stations
radicals · roots · logarithms · indices
- exponential growthQuantity multiplying proportionally over time
- exponential functionOutput multiplies by fixed ratio
- exponential decayProportional decrease over time
- exponential curveGraph of doubling quantities
- Lyapunov exponentRate of orbital separation
exponent, exponential, exponentially, exponentiation, exponentials