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exponentially en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ɛkspə(ʊ)ˈnɛnʃəli/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English exponent Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English exponential Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English exponentially From exponential + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an exponential manner.
   • Therefore, if absorption causes an attenuation of the oscillation amplitude, the temperature must decrease exponentially with increasing thickness. 2000, Shuji Nakamura et al., The Blue Laser Diode: The Complete Story, Second Revised and Enlarged Edition, Springer, →ISBN, page 69:
   • But every known algorithm for this problem requires a number of steps that increases exponentially as n increases. 1992, Clark Glymour, Thinking Things Through: An Introduction to Philosophical Issues and Achievements, MIT Press, published 1997, →ISBN, page 333:
   • It can be readily derived from Eqs. 6.26 and 6.32 that the field generated by these incident evanescent waves inside the slab do ^([sic]) not decay away exponentially from the upper interface, but increases exponentially as y decreases. 2008, Henri Benisty et al., Photonic Crystals: Towards Nanoscale Photonic Devices, Second Edition, Springer, →ISBN, page 216:
2. (proscribed) rapidly, greatly
   • He'd felt like Kathryn's soul was in her eyes as she'd regarded him for those precious few seconds... and her spirit was even more exponentially beautiful than […] 2008, Beth Kery, Take a Stranger No More, page 27:
   • The more serious a Christian is about God's kingdom, the more exponentially complicating that venture is […] 2007, Michael Glenn Maness, Would You Lie to Save a Life: Love Will Find a Way Home, page 357:

Forms

Coordinates

geometrically · arithmetically

Deriveds

subexponentially · hypoexponentially

Translations (11)

ru экспоненциа́льно (in an exponential manner) · nl exponentiëel (in an exponential manner) · pl wykładniczo (in an exponential manner) · es exponencialmente (in an exponential manner) · it esponenzialmente (in an exponential manner) · pt exponencialmente (in an exponential manner) · cs exponenciálně (in an exponential manner) · cmn 指数地 (in an exponential manner) · ca exponencialment (in an exponential manner) · fi eksponentiaalisesti (in an exponential manner) · sv exponentiellt (in an exponential manner)