exponential
UK [ˌek.spəʊ'nen.tʃəl] US [-spoʊ-] adjective
INCREASE 增长的 formal
■describes a rate of increase which becomes quicker and quicker as the thing that increases becomes larger （增长率）越来越快的，呈指数阶（增长）的•We are looking for exponential growth in our investment.我们希望投资能够呈指数增长。 •There has been an exponential increase in the world population this century.本世纪世界人口一直呈指数增长。
UK [ˌek.spəʊ'nen.tʃəl] US [-spoʊ-] adjective
NUMBER 数字的 specialized
■containing an exponent (= number or sign which shows how many times another number is to be multiplied by itself) 含有指数的•6 4 is an exponential expression.64是一个指数式。 |