exponentiation

English

Pronunciation

(General American) enPR: ĕk-spō-nĕn-shē-ā'-shən, IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.spoʊ.ˌnɛn.ʃi.ˈeɪ.ʃən/
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Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

exponentiation (countable and uncountable, plural exponentiations)

(mathematics, arithmetic) The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.
In 5⁴ the base is 5 and the power is 4, so there are 4 identical factors of 5, and exponentiation gives 625 as the result.
(mathematics, arithmetic, countable) A mathematical problem involving exponentiation.

Coordinate terms

Translations

the process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors

Basque: berreketa
Chinese:
Mandarin: 乘方 (zh) (chéngfāng)
Czech: mocnění n, umocňování (cs) n, umocnění n
Finnish: potenssiin korotus
French: exponentiation (fr) f
Hungarian: hatványozás (hu), hatványra emelés
Italian: esponenziale (it)
Polish: potęgowanie (pl)
Portuguese: exponenciação (pt) f
Romanian: exponențiere f
Spanish: exponenciación f
Swedish: exponentiering (sv) c

mathematical problem involving exponentiation

Finnish: potenssiin korotus

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

exponentiation f (uncountable)

exponentiation (process)

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