exponent

Definitions

General English

• noun a person who practises a certain belief or a certain art

Accounting

• noun a number or variable placed to the upper right of a number or mathematical expression that indicates the number of times the number or expression is to be multiplied by itself, as in 2³, which equals 8

Economics

• noun a number indicating how many times a base number is to be multiplied to produce a certain power. It is printed in small characters after the base number.

Electronics

• A number indicating the power to which another number, the base, is raised. For example, in 2⁸, the 8 is the exponent, and the 2 is the base. Also called power (3).

Information & Library Science

• noun somebody who argues in support of an idea

Nearby Definitions of “exponent”

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Contexts for “exponent”

5 definitions in context
• General English
• Accounting
• Economics
• Electronics
• Information & Library Science