exponentially

American  

[ek-spoh-nen-shuh-lee, ‐spuh‐] / ˌɛk spoʊˈnɛn ʃə li, ‐spə‐ /

adverb

1. at a steady, rapid rate.

   The cost of a college education has increased exponentially over the last 30 years.

2. Mathematics. at a continuous rate of growth or decay that can be calculated using the constant e, according to the rules of raising e to the power of a positive or negative exponent.

   Any population growing exponentially must, sooner or later, encounter shortages of resources.

   The measurable rate at which a radioactive nuclide’s atoms decay exponentially is the basis of radiometric dating.

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Other Word Forms

• nonexponentially adverb

Etymology

Origin of exponentially

exponential ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

With each qubit added to a chip, the chip becomes exponentially more powerful, as qubits can talk to each other, informing each other of their state.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the number of variables grows, the complexity of the calculations increases exponentially.

From Science Daily

"All we can say that it's exponentially faster than without the fungi in the best conditions, and still better than nothing in the worst conditions."

From BBC

As AI model-context windows, or the amount of data processed at one time, increase with more powerful models, the need for memory and storage has grown exponentially.

From MarketWatch

"It increases the emotional bond. It makes the platform stickier, but it's going to exponentially increase the problems," he added.

From Barron's