exponential

1. 1.

   a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent

   Synonymsexponential function

   Broaderfunction

1. 1.

   of or involving exponents

   “exponential growth”

Other forms of exponential

plural

exponentials·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about exponential

What does exponential mean?

exponential means "a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in exponential?

exponential has 4 syllables: ex-po-nen-tial. The stress falls on "nen". In IPA it is /ˌɛkspoʊˈnɛnʃəl/.

What is another word for exponential?

Close synonyms include exponential function. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is exponential a common word?

exponential is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.