Exponential (Noun)
Meaning
A function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent.
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- The exponential growth of the population can be modeled using the equation y = 2^x.
- The mathematician struggled to solve the complex exponential equation that had been stumping her for weeks.
- The company's profits experienced an exponential increase after the launch of their new product.
- The biologists studied the exponential decay of the radioactive substance in the laboratory.
- The exponential function f(x) = 3^(x-1) is a fundamental concept in calculus.