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exponentially

adv
/ɛkspə(ʊ)ˈnɛnʃəli/UK

Etymology

From exponential + -ly.

  1. derived from expōnēns
  2. suffixed as exponential — “exponent + ial”
  3. suffixed as exponentially — “exponential + ly”

Definitions

  1. In an exponential manner.

    • But every known algorithm for this problem requires a number of steps that increases exponentially as n increases.
    • Therefore, if absorption causes an attenuation of the oscillation amplitude, the temperature must decrease exponentially with increasing thickness.
    • 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.

  2. rapidly, greatly

    • The more serious a Christian is about God's kingdom, the more exponentially complicating that venture is […]
    • 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 […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for exponentially. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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