exponentiate

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English

Etymology

Ultimately from exponent.[1] Perhaps from exponentiation.

Verb

exponentiate (third-person singular simple present exponentiates, present participle exponentiating, simple past and past participle exponentiated)

  1. (mathematics)
    1. (intransitive) To use exponentiation.
      In order to solve the equation we must exponentiate.
    2. (transitive) To raise (a number or mathematical expression) to a power; to apply an exponent to a mathematical expression.
      Let us exponentiate x to obtain xⁿ.
  2. (computing) To apply a mathematical exponentiation function.
  3. (transitive) To increase (something) exponentially.
    • 2022 October 18, Placeholder McD, “SCP-7579 ”, in SCP Foundation‎, archived from the original on 20 December 2024:
      "SCP-7579 developed internal camouflage so a shmuck like yourself would speculate on it, then convince a more powerful shmuck unlike myself to buy it time. It's probably smarter than us, it's definitely smarter than you, and every second of its existence exponentiates the time and resources I'll have to spend cleaning up your mess."

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  1. ^ “exponentiate, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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