exponentially
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Etymology From exponential + -ly.
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Mathematics, Sciences In an exponential manner.
- But every known algorithm for this problem requires a number of steps that increases exponentially as n increases.1992, Clark Glymour, Thinking Things Through: An Introduction to Philosophical Issues and Achievements, MIT Press, published 1997, →ISBN, page 333:
- Therefore, if absorption causes an attenuation of the oscillation amplitude, the temperature must decrease exponentially with increasing thickness.2000, Shuji Nakamura et al., The Blue Laser Diode: The Complete Story, Second Revised and Enlarged Edition, Springer, →ISBN, page 69:
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- It can be readily derived from Eqs. 6.26 and 6.32 that the field generated by these incident evanescent waves inside the slab do ^([sic]) not decay away exponentially from the upper interface, but increases exponentially as y decreases.2008, Henri Benisty et al., Photonic Crystals: Towards Nanoscale Photonic Devices, Second Edition, Springer, →ISBN, page 216:
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Proscribed rapidly, greatly
- The more serious a Christian is about God's kingdom, the more exponentially complicating that venture is […]2007, Michael Glenn Maness, Would You Lie to Save a Life: Love Will Find a Way Home, page 357:
- He'd felt like Kathryn's soul was in her eyes as she'd regarded him for those precious few seconds... and her spirit was even more exponentially beautiful than […]2008, Beth Kery, Take a Stranger No More, page 27:
- Derived terms
- hypoexponentially, subexponentially