exponential growth

1. Growth of a system in which the amount being added to the system is proportional to the amount already present: the bigger the system is, the greater the increase. ( See geometric progression .)

Notes

In everyday speech, exponential growth means runaway expansion, such as in population growth.

Example Sentences

Just as Latino fraternities exploded in the 1970s, Asian fraternities experienced a period of exponential growth during the 1990s.

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