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指数指数的,幂数的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Exponential \Ex`po*nen"tial\, a. [Cf. F. exponentiel.]
   Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, an
   exponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponential
   function.

   {Exponential curve}, a curve whose nature is defined by means
      of an exponential equation.

   {Exponential equation}, an equation which contains an
      exponential quantity, or in which the unknown quantity
      enters as an exponent.

   {Exponential quantity} (Math.), a quantity whose exponent is
      unknown or variable, as a^{x}.

   {Exponential series}, a series derived from the development
      of exponential equations or quantities.

资料来源 : WordNet®

exponential
     adj : of or involving exponents; "exponential growth"

exponential
     n : a function in which an independent variable appears as an
         exponent [syn: {exponential function}]

资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

exponential
     
        1.  A function which raises some given constant
        (the "base") to the power of its argument.  I.e.
     
        	f x = b^x
     
        If no base is specified, {e}, the base of {natural
        logarthim}s, is assumed.
     
        2.  {exponential-time algorithm}.
     
        (1995-04-27)