exponentiation

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English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: ĕk-spō-nĕn-shē-ā'-shən, IPA(key): /ˌɛk.spoʊ.ˌnɛn.ʃi.ˈeɪ.ʃən/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

exponentiation (countable and uncountable, plural exponentiations)

  1. (mathematics, arithmetic) The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.
    In 54 the base is 5 and the power is 4, so there are 4 identical factors of 5, and exponentiation gives 625 as the result.
  2. (mathematics, arithmetic, countable) A mathematical problem involving exponentiation.

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Noun

exponentiation f (uncountable)

  1. exponentiation (process)