exponentiation
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exponentiation
- /ˌɛk.spoʊˌnɛn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
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Ultimately from exponent + -i- + -ation. Perhaps from exponential + -ation.
noun exponentiations
- The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply. In 5⁴ the base is 5 and the power is 4, so there are 4 identical factors of 5, and exponentiation gives 625 as the result.
- A mathematical problem involving exponentiation. "The remarkable fact about the system is that it achieves such a high level of security with only six exponentiations," Boneh said, referring to the calculations used to raise numbers to a power. Other systems do exponentiation once, suggesting that this system may be about six times slower because
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noun the process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors
| Español | exponenciación |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 冪乗 bekijō, 累乗 ruijō |
| 中文 | 乘方 chéngfāng |
| Português | exponenciação |
| Français | exponentiation |
| Italiano | esponenziale, potenza |
| Română | exponențiere |
| Tiếng Việt | lũy thừa |
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