exponent

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  1. noun One that expounds or interprets.
  2. noun One that speaks for, represents, or advocates: Our senator is an exponent of free trade.
  3. noun Mathematics A number or symbol, as 3 in (x + y)3, placed to the right of and above another number, symbol, or expression, denoting the power to which that number, symbol, or expression is to be raised. Also called power.
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  • "The Demon Xanth is only a score in a game The Demon whose scoring formula is X(A/N) TH - three variables and a class-exponent, as nearly as we can understand it," the Magician said. —  The Source of Magic
  • We can see that the exponent is equal to the number of years for which the money is earning interest in an investment. —  Investopedia.com Headlines
  • * In an [[exponent | exponential expression]], the [[exponent | base]] is the quantity upon which the exponent is placed as a superscript. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • To convert a number from ordinary decimal notation to scientific notation, the number is divided by the largest power of 10 smaller than (the absolute value of) the number, to obtain the coefficient; the exponent is the radix of the power of 10. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Write a rule to find the value of a number when 10 is the base and the exponent is any whole number ...? —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
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  1. Latin expōnēns, expōnent-, present participle of expōnere, to expound; see expound.

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  1. = D. G. Danish Swedish exponent = Spanish Portuguese exponente = Italian esponente, from Latin exponen(t-)s, present participle of exponere, set forth, indicate, expound: see expone, expound, and expose.
 

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