
What is a better word for "exponentially"?
I often hear news reports of rapidly increasing problems use the word "exponentially" for emphasis. For example, tonight's BBC America World News included a segment on the …
With "amount" will you use singular or plural?
Apr 23, 2012 · See what happens with ...large amount of apples and the fact that X will exponentially grow If you said 'they will grow', you'd presumably be referring to the individual …
idiom requests - Alternatives to "exponentially bigger" - English ...
May 16, 2016 · One idiom that grinds my gears is "exponentially bigger" outside of an actual (exponential) trend, e.g. in pairwise comparisons like "A is exponentially bigger than B". What …
Is exponentiate a valid verb tense of exponentiation?
Jul 26, 2021 · To increase exponentially; also, more generally, to exhibit specified asymptotic behaviour as some limit is approached. 2. transitive. To raise e or some other base (BASE n.1 …
How do you explain cubic growth of a function
Aug 17, 2015 · When reading scientific papers I have seen people explain the growth of a variable linearly, exponentially. However how would one say for a variable which grows in quadratic …
terminology - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jul 17, 2015 · Firstly, at What is a better word for exponentially? there is an answer showing that the word is often used in a sense less precise than the mathematical one (but echoing it). …
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Nov 13, 2019 · An exponential growth function is one that grows exponentially. It should be globally understood when you say something is growing exponentially or something has …
expressions - Is there a phrase that describes a problem that …
Jun 28, 2023 · I'm looking for a phrase that describes a problem whose complexity starts to increase exponentially, either because the problem is recursive, the definitions/conditions of …
etymology - "That which is measured, improves" - English …
That which is measured and reported improves exponentially." - Karl Pearson "When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported back, the …
Single word for something that becomes progressively harder to …
Dec 30, 2016 · Although I don't know the answer, your question evokes another question - "What is a job that gets progressively easier called" ? One possible phrase that comes to my mind …