exponentially
/ɛkspə(ʊ)ˈnɛnʃəli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an exponential manner.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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 […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree English exponent Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English exponential Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English exponentially From exponential + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ɛkspə(ʊ)ˈnɛnʃəli/
Inflected Forms
more exponentially (comparative)
most exponentially (superlative)