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exponent

/ik-spoh-nuhnt, ek-spoh-nuhnt/US // ɪkˈspoʊ nənt, ˈɛk spoʊ nənt //UK // (ɪkˈspəʊnənt) //

指数,指數,幂数,尾数

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that expounds, explains, or interprets: an exponent of modern theory in the arts.
    • : a person or thing that is a representative, advocate, type, or symbol of something: Lincoln is an exponent of American democracy.
    • : Mathematics. a symbol or number placed above and after another symbol or number to denote the power to which the latter is to be raised: The exponents of the quantities xn, 2m, y4, and 35 are, respectively, n, m, 4, and 5.

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Examples

  • If you multiply two polynomials, some terms might cancel out, but the term with the highest exponent will always survive the cancellation process.

  • For computer scientists and mathematicians, opinions about “exponent two” boil down to a sense of how the world should be.

  • If exponent two is achievable, then it’s possible to carry out matrix multiplication as fast as physically possible.

  • Since then mathematicians and computer scientists have jockeyed to lower the exponent further.

  • She established an institute that conducted classes, wrote a book on the practice, and became one of its chief exponents in the United States.

  • Brilliant as an exponent of the virtues in Spenser, Dante, Chaucer, Lewis could not write his own poetry.

  • The biggest laugh was claimed by the writer, actor and gay-rights exponent, Stephen Fry.

  • Not as an exponent of entertainment, but as part of the group having a pleasant, homey evening.

  • It is this also which renders the dictionary meaning of a word, by universal remark so imperfect an exponent of its real meaning.

  • Nothing came of the plan, which is a pity, as each was a supreme exponent of his point of view.

  • Sherman was the chief Union exponent of the tactical gift that makes marches count as much as fighting.

  • All this prepared the way for the advent of Margaret Fuller, and brought about the condition of which she was the exponent.