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exponential
adjective
Changing by a constant proportional factor over equal intervals, or relating to a quantity expressed with an exponent.
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Exponential is already represented within the phrase exponential discounting in v1.0. This entry adds the standalone adjective. A rapid change is not necessarily mathematically exponential.
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The exercise modeled exponential growth by doubling the number at each step.
An exponential sequence in the model used eighty, sixty, and forty-five delivery credits across equal rounds, retaining three quarters of the preceding amount each time.
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Exponential is already represented within the phrase exponential discounting in v1.0. This entry adds the standalone adjective. A rapid change is not necessarily mathematically exponential.
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