exponential function

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noun Mathematics.

the function y = ex.

any function of the form y = bax, where a and b are positive constants.

any function in which a variable appears as an exponent and may also appear as a base, as y = x2x.

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Origin of exponential function

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby exponential function

expo, exponent, exponential, exponential curve, exponential distribution, exponential function, exponential growth, exponential horn, exponentially, exponentiation, exponible

How to use exponential function in a sentence

They include familiar operations like sine, cosine and exponential functions, as well as more exotic ones.
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But the copper performs another important function: working as a catalyst in the distillation process.
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The iPad was an even bigger hit, especially as it had a new function that allowed him to play the drawing back.
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Openness might be a function of sexuality and gender, as well.
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Entitled “Please Go Home,” the parody stars Daniel Franzese, best known as the “too gay to function” Damian from Mean Girls.
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Sex is a basic human function; a physiological drive we cannot ignore.
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To prevent intruders or extruders from withdrawing his mind from the text, he exercises the Inhibitory function of the Attention.
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Little girls perhaps represent the attractive function of adornment: they like to be thought pretty.
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This is hardly a function—parties even in the big political country-houses are more or less informal.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
No definite proof of this position has, however, as yet been adduced, and the function of the compound is entirely unknown.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
After the formal proclamation was issued the function terminated with a banquet given to 200 insurgent notabilities.
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