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exponential

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ex·po·nen·tial /ˌekspəˈnenʃəl◂/ adjective technical  1 exponential growth/increase etc technical exponential growth, increase etc becomes faster as the amount of the thing that is growing increases 指数式增长/增加,越来越快的增长/增加等 an exponential increase in travel 旅游的指数式增长2. HMusing a small number or letter slightly above and to the right of a number or letter that shows how many times a quantity is to be multiplied by itself 指数的,含有指数的exponentially adverb
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exponentialThis would produce exponential curves, which do not fit the data, particularly in the first 3 months after radiotherapy.The liquid emptying plots were all straight lines and were fitted to a single exponential function by an iterative least squares method.However, the fraction of light absorbed is an exponential function of the pigment concentration in a leaf of a given thickness.Most market professionals agree that the tax-deferred funds are a major force behind the exponential growth in stock prices.If only passive properties determine the pressure elastic modulus, an exponential increase would have been expected.Claude has suggested that there is an exponential relationship between the number of tight junctional strands and transepithelial resistance.
From Longman Business Dictionaryexponentialex‧po‧nen‧tial /ˌekspəˈnenʃəl◂/ adjective ECONOMICS exponential growth/increase/rise etc a rate of growth that becomes faster and faster over timeTropical diseases are becoming more common in affluent parts of the world due to an exponential increase in air travel during the past fifty years.The social security budget was rising at an exponential rate.exponentially adverbDemand for eye tests from the over-60s is increasing exponentially.
ex·po·nen·tial adjectiveChineseSyllable
growth, Corpus exponential amount etc of the becomes increase as faster Business


exponential
exponential /ˌekspəˈnenʃəl◂/ adjective technical
1. exponential growth/increase etc exponential growth, increase etc becomes faster as the amount of the thing that is growing increases:
    an exponential increase in travel
2. using a small number or letter slightly above and to the right of a number or letter that shows how many times a quantity is to be multiplied by itself
—exponentially adverb


ex·po·nen·tialBrE /ˌekspəˈnenʃl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌekspəˈnenʃl/ 🔊 adjective(mathematics 数学) of or shown by an exponent 指数的;由指数表示的4 is an exponential expression.24 是个指数式。an exponential curve/function 指数曲线/函数(formal) (of a rate of increase 增长率) becoming faster and faster 越来越快的exponential growth/increase 越来越快的增长 ex·po·nen·ti·al·ly BrE /ˌekspəˈnenʃəli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌekspəˈnenʃəli/ 🔊 adverbto increase exponentially呈指数增长