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  1. 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 …

  2. 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 …

  3. 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 …

  4. 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 …

  5. 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 …

  6. 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). …

  7. single word requests - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    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 …

  8. 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 …

  9. 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 …

  10. 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 …