exponent

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who expounds, represents or advocates.

   • Like attracts like," explained Mrs. Mailey, who was quite as capable an exponent as her husband.
   • To think of Kant as an exponent of virtue may seem to some readers itself novel and not easily associated with the Kant familiar to discussions of justice and rights.
2. 2

   The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in…

   The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the 3 in 2³=8.

3. 3

   The degree to which the root of a radicand is found, for example, the 2 in ^(2])√=b.

   • And univerſally the Exponent of the m Power, is m times the Exponent of the Root, and the Exponent of the m-Root (or #92;frac#123;1#125;#123;m#125; Power) is #92;frac#123;1#125;#123;m#125; times the Exponent of the Root.
   • The notation by which the root is expressed, is the mark #92;sqrt#123;#125; called a radical, placed over the letter, with an exponent to the left indicating the order of the root.
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   1. 4

      A phonological manifestation of a morphosyntactic property

      A phonological manifestation of a morphosyntactic property; in layman's terms, the expression of one or more grammatical properties by sound.

      • However, there have been no examples presented of gender systems where the plain n triggers one exponent for gender agreement, and the male and female ns together trigger a different exponent.
   2. 5

      The part of a floating-point number that represents its exponent value.

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