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geometric progression
noun
- a sequence of terms in which the ratio between any two successive terms is the same, as the progression 1, 3, 9, 27, 81 or 144, 12, 1, 1/12, 1/144.
geometric progression
noun
- a sequence of numbers, each of which differs from the succeeding one by a constant ratio, as 1, 2, 4, 8, … Compare arithmetic progression
geometric progression
- A sequence of numbers in which each number is multiplied by the same factor to obtain the next number in the sequence. In a geometric progression, the ratio of any two adjacent numbers is the same. An example is 5, 25, 125, 625, … , where each number is multiplied by 5 to obtain the following number, and the ratio of any number to the next number is always 1 to 5.
- Compare arithmetic progression
geometric progression
- In mathematics , a sequence of numbers in which each number is obtained from the previous one by multiplying by a constant . For example, the sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 … (in which each number is multiplied by 2 to get the next one) is a geometric progression.
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Example Sentences
Industrialization, education, can be a geometric progression.
It came to him that this sort of thing could work like a geometric progression.
The intermediate figures show that the increase has been in almost geometric progression in recent years.
It is a problem the complexity of which grows in geometric progression as time goes on.
Once that point has been reached you can move in almost a geometric progression.
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