01 a. Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, an exponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponential function.
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Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, an exponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponential function.
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changing over time in an exponential manner, i. e. increasing or decreasing by a fixed ratio for each unit of time; as, exponential growth; exponential decay.
Phrases & compounds
Exponential curve —
a curve whose nature is defined by means of an exponential equation.
Exponential equation —
an equation which contains an exponential quantity, or in which the unknown quantity enters as an exponent.
Exponential quantity —
a quantity whose exponent is unknown or variable, as ax.
Exponential series —
a series derived from the development of exponential equations or quantities.