| 释义 |
Definition of exponential in English: exponentialadjective ˌɛkspəˈnɛnʃ(ə)lˌɛkspəˈnɛn(t)ʃ(ə)l 1(of an increase) becoming more and more rapid. （增长）越来越快的 the social security budget was rising at an exponential rate 社会保障金的预算正以越来越快的速度增长。 Example sentencesExamples - Right now the chip-music scene is growing at an exponential rate.
- The amount of information on the internet is increasing at an exponential rate.
- This led to an exponential increase in the number of troops based in the area.
- That said, it's fairly obvious why the machine is selling at near exponential rates.
- Species have a tendency to increase in size over generations at an exponential rate.
- As you'll soon learn, an exponential increase in strength and effectiveness is best met with restraint and caution, not bloodlust.
- Well, unfortunately the models produce linear warming with exponential increases in carbon dioxide.
- He has filled out considerably, seems to have aged at an exponential rate and, tonight, looks every inch the trendy uncle in his hooded top and combat trousers.
- Unlike its stalling economy, soccer in Japan is in something of a boom cycle, with its stock climbing at an exponential rate in the last few years.
- Finally, the volume and flow of potentially relevant information has increased seemingly at an exponential rate.
- Human civilisation has developed at an exponential rate since the renaissance, during a time when the environment has been in a relatively benign state.
- Right now, the growth looks exponential, but increasing competition may yet dampen it down.
- The MEPS model predicts an exponential decrease in recombination rate in relation to the level of divergence.
- The growth of skateboarding continues to increase at an exponential rate.
- As technology increases at an exponential pace, I think the average citizen is embracing it at a much slower rate.
- The organism has an exponential rate of evolution, and it is not long before the community is affected and the government takes over the case.
- Now, with exponential increases in information, we can't possibly provide students with all they will need to know.
- While my environmental knowledge is limited, I am learning at an exponential rate.
- Notwithstanding that these growth rates are not precisely exponential, in all cases they are clearly not linear.
- We are now in a similar position with regard to biology, where we see an even sharper exponential increase in the amount of DNA sequence information to come.
2Mathematics
Of or expressed by a mathematical exponent. 〔数〕指数的；用指数表示的 指数曲线。 Example sentencesExamples - Napier also found exponential expressions for trigonometric functions, and introduced the decimal notation for fractions.
- Those of you familiar with the mathematics of an exponential curve will note, however, that it is one of diminishing returns.
- The dashed curve is an exponential distribution with a mean equal to the average effect of a fixed mutation in the simulation.
- Just as the forward function resembles the exponential curve, the inverse function appears similar to the logarithm.
- The distributions become approximately exponential when the curve shown here asymptotes.
OriginEarly 18th century: from French exponentiel, from Latin exponere 'put out' (see expound). Rhymescadential, confidential, consequential, credential, deferential, differential, essential, evidential, existential, experiential, influential, intelligential, irreverential, jurisprudential, penitential, pestilential, potential, preferential, presidential, providential, prudential, quintessential, referential, residential, reverential, sapiential, sciential, sentential, sequential, tangential, torrential Definition of exponential in US English: exponentialadjectiveˌɛkspəˈnɛn(t)ʃ(ə)lˌekspəˈnen(t)SH(ə)l 1(of an increase) becoming more and more rapid. （增长）越来越快的 the social security budget was rising at an exponential rate 社会保障金的预算正以越来越快的速度增长。 Example sentencesExamples - The growth of skateboarding continues to increase at an exponential rate.
- Human civilisation has developed at an exponential rate since the renaissance, during a time when the environment has been in a relatively benign state.
- That said, it's fairly obvious why the machine is selling at near exponential rates.
- This led to an exponential increase in the number of troops based in the area.
- Now, with exponential increases in information, we can't possibly provide students with all they will need to know.
- While my environmental knowledge is limited, I am learning at an exponential rate.
- Well, unfortunately the models produce linear warming with exponential increases in carbon dioxide.
- Right now, the growth looks exponential, but increasing competition may yet dampen it down.
- We are now in a similar position with regard to biology, where we see an even sharper exponential increase in the amount of DNA sequence information to come.
- As technology increases at an exponential pace, I think the average citizen is embracing it at a much slower rate.
- Finally, the volume and flow of potentially relevant information has increased seemingly at an exponential rate.
- He has filled out considerably, seems to have aged at an exponential rate and, tonight, looks every inch the trendy uncle in his hooded top and combat trousers.
- The amount of information on the internet is increasing at an exponential rate.
- Right now the chip-music scene is growing at an exponential rate.
- The MEPS model predicts an exponential decrease in recombination rate in relation to the level of divergence.
- Notwithstanding that these growth rates are not precisely exponential, in all cases they are clearly not linear.
- The organism has an exponential rate of evolution, and it is not long before the community is affected and the government takes over the case.
- Species have a tendency to increase in size over generations at an exponential rate.
- As you'll soon learn, an exponential increase in strength and effectiveness is best met with restraint and caution, not bloodlust.
- Unlike its stalling economy, soccer in Japan is in something of a boom cycle, with its stock climbing at an exponential rate in the last few years.
2Mathematics
Of or expressed by a mathematical exponent. 〔数〕指数的；用指数表示的 指数曲线。 Example sentencesExamples - The distributions become approximately exponential when the curve shown here asymptotes.
- Napier also found exponential expressions for trigonometric functions, and introduced the decimal notation for fractions.
- Just as the forward function resembles the exponential curve, the inverse function appears similar to the logarithm.
- The dashed curve is an exponential distribution with a mean equal to the average effect of a fixed mutation in the simulation.
- Those of you familiar with the mathematics of an exponential curve will note, however, that it is one of diminishing returns.
OriginEarly 18th century: from French exponentiel, from Latin exponere ‘put out’ (see expound). |