exponential

Increasing faster and faster because each new amount is multiplied by the same number.

• The bacteria showed exponential growth.
• The population grew at an exponential rate.
• Repeated doubling produces an exponential increase.

Common phrases: exponential growth, exponential increase, exponential rate

Using a small raised number to show how many times a number is multiplied by itself.

• Write the number in exponential form.
• Exponential notation makes very large numbers easier to write.
• The teacher compared ordinary numbers with exponential expressions.

Common phrases: exponential form, exponential notation, exponential expression

Extremely large, or becoming much larger very quickly.

• Demand showed an exponential rise.
• The team reported exponential improvements in speed.
• The singer enjoyed exponential success after her first television appearance.

Similar words: enormous, dramatic, huge

Common phrases: exponential rise, exponential demand, exponential improvement

A mathematical rule with a fixed number raised to a changing power.

• The graph shows an exponential.
• We fitted an exponential to the data.
• These exponentials have different bases.

Similar words: exponential function

Common phrases: an increasing exponential, a decreasing exponential, plot an exponential