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exponential curve

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noun

  1. the graph of an equation of the form y = bax , where a and b are positive constants.


Etymology

Origin of exponential curve

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

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"We're on the flat part of the exponential curve."

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Does this mean we are riding an exponential curve upward toward radical life extension and the total elimination of cancer?

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023

What’s needed now is continued policy growth that will “ensure that the exponential curve of solutions outpaces that of climate impacts, and drives net emissions to zero by 2050,” they write.

From Scientific American • Dec. 6, 2018

Use a graphing calculator to graph the data and the exponential curve together.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

The energy it would receive from the Sun as it approached, an exponential curve.

From The Leech by Connell