Associations to the word «Exponentiation»

Wiktionary

EXPONENTIATION, noun. (mathematics) (arithmetic) (uncountable) The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.
EXPONENTIATION, noun. (mathematics) (arithmetic) (countable) A mathematical problem involving exponentiation.

Dictionary definition

EXPONENTIATION, noun. The process of raising a quantity to some assigned power.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats