English Explanatory Dictionary

exponent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who expounds, represents or advocates.
  2. The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the 3 in 2³=8.
  3. The degree to which the root of a radicand is found, for example, the 2 in ^(2])√=b.
  4. A phonological manifestation of a morphosyntactic property; in layman's terms, the expression of one or more grammatical properties by sound.
  5. The part of a floating-point number that represents its exponent value.

Pronunciation

/ɛkˈspəʊ.nənt/ /ˈɛk.spə.nənt/ /ɪkˈspəʊ.nənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exponent.wav /ɛkˈspoʊ.nənt/ /ˈɛk.spoʊ.nənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Ajshul-exponent.wav [ekˈspəʉ.nənt] /ˈɛks.pə.nᵻnʈ/ /ᵻksˈpo.nᵻnʈ/

Word forms

exponent exponents

Etymology

From Latin expōnēns, present participle of expōnō (“to expose; to exhibit, display, set out; to explain”), from ex- (“out, away”) + pōnō (“to lay, place, put”).

Synonyms

power degree

Related words

expone expose expound successor log(base) = = √ = + = + +... = − = × = × ×... = ÷ = Or sometimes

Derived words

critical exponent exponentiable exponential exponentiation exponent of inseparability lifting the exponent Lyapunov exponent preexponent pre-exponent
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