Exponent

Definitions: Exponent

Exponent

Noun

1. A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea.

2. Someone who expounds and interprets or explains.

3. A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself.

Date "exponent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references)

Etymology: Exponent \Ex*po"nent\, noun. [Latin expression exponens, -entis, present participle of exponere to put out, set forth, expose. See Expound.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Exponent (Or "characteristic") The part of a floating-point number specifying the power of ten by which the mantissa should be multiplied. In the common notation, e.g. 3.1E8, the exponent is 8. (1995-02-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Mathematics	Power to which an expression is raised. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Exponent

Synonyms: advocate (n), advocator (n), index (n), power (n), proponent (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Indication	Sign, symbol; index, indice, indicator; point, pointer; exponent, note, token, symptom; dollar sign, dollar mark.
Information	Informant, authority, teller, intelligencer, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece;
Interpreter	Noun: interpreter; expositor, expounder, exponent, explainer; demonstrator.
Number	Power, root, exponent, index, logarithm, antilogarithm; modulus, base.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Exponent

English words defined with "exponent": Adnre Derain, Antonio Gaudi ♦ de Kooning, Derain, Derrida, Dizzy Gillespie ♦ Emerson, Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Eugene Ionesco, Exponent of a ratio, exponential, Exponential equation, exponential function, Exponential quantity ♦ floating-point notation, floating-point representation system ♦ Gaudi, Gillespie ♦ Haeckel, Huxley ♦ Ionesco ♦ Jacques Derrida, John Birks Gillespie ♦ Lichtenstein, log, logarithm ♦ Maurice de Vlaminck ♦ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Roy Lichtenstein ♦ Thomas Henry Huxley, Thomas Huxley ♦ Vlaminck ♦ Willem de Kooning. (references)

Specialty definitions using "exponent": floating-point, fractional part ♦ Obstinate ♦ Positivism, power of ten, printf ♦ SAMSON ♦ TNXE6, to normalise ♦ underflow. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Exponent" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Czech (exponent), Dutch (agent, representative), German (exponent, superscript), Romanian (exponent, index, mouthpiece, representative, spokesman), Swedish (exponent, index, power, superscript).

Domain	Title
References	Exponent, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Emerson : a statement of New England transcendentalism as expressed in the philosophy of its chief exponent (reference) Emerson: a Statement of New England Trancendentalism As Expressed in the Philosophy of Its Chief Exponent (reference) EXPONENT, INC.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) Hans Hinterreiter, ein schweizer Vertreter der konstruktiven Kunst = Hans Hinterreiter, a Swiss exponent of constructive art (reference) Hypermodern Chess: As Developed in the Games of Its Greatest Exponent, Aron Nimzovich (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Catholic Exponent (reference) Exponent Ii (reference) Jewish Exponent (reference) Purdue Exponent (reference) (more periodical examples)

High Tech	FALCON EXPONENT DMSC Dust-Off Scanner Cleaning Kit (reference) FALCON EXPONENT Dust-Off MCZC MicroCloth with Zip Clip (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and stress of our advocacy. The popular type and exponent of obstinacy is the mule, a most intelligent animal.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Exponent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Exponent" is used about 220 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	220	20,356

Expression using "exponent": Exponent of a ratio. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "exponent": arch-exponent, two-exponent.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "exponent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		tip (bloke, case, cast, character, cove, cuss, denomination, dog, dude, exemplar, guy, joker, kind, lad, merchant, model, nature, persona, sort, type), shprehje (emphasis, expression, locution, loose, phrase, phrases, profession, term, transfusion, utterance, voice), shpjegues (covering, declaratory, elucidative, elucidatory, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, expository, interpretative, parenthetic, parenthetical), shenjë (accent, aim, auspice, Beck, brand, butt, cue, denotation, denotement, earmark, ensign, evidence, fleck, foretoken, impress, index, indication, insignia, Mark, marking, obelisk, obelus, office, omen, pledge, pointer, portent, presage, prognostication, scratch, seal, sign, signal, stamp, symbol, symptom, tally, target, token, vestige, Wale, weal), shembull (case, example, exemplar, instance, lead, mirror, model, number, paradigm, piece, rule, sample), pjesëmarrës ekspozite, përkrahës (abettor, adherent, advocate, allied, backer, booster, champion, devotee, encouraging, follower, friend, help, partisan, promoter, satellite, supporter, upholder), përfaqësues (commissioner, delegate, deputy, factor, legate, representative, spokesman, vakeel, Vakil), interpretues (performer), fuqi (capacity, energy, force, intensity, lustiness, might, output, potency, power, proxy, ratio, strength, vigor, vigour). (various references)

Arabic		‏المفسر (interpreter), ‏الممثل (deputy), ‏النصير (adherent, backer, champion, devotee, partisan, patron, protector, supporter), ‏الأس او الدليل, ‏الدليل (conductor, directrix, indicator, screed). (various references)

Bulgarian		степенен показател (index, module), степен (degree, extent, gradations, grade, length, magnitude, notch, order, peg, pitch, power, prairie, rate, remove), символ (allegory, badge, emblem, insignia, representation, sacrament, sign, symbol, token, totem, type), тълкувател (expounder, interpreter), тип (card, dude, exemplar, fellow, joker, josser, party, person, phylum, specimen, stripe, style, type), обяснителен (apologetic, apologetical, covering, declaratory, explainable, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, expositive, expository, interpretative), обяснител (interpreter), експонат (exhibit, specimen), показател (index, indicator, testimony), изпълнител (doer, enactor, executant, executer, executor, impersonator, performer, personator). (various references)

Chinese		方次数. (various references)

Czech		exponent, zastánce (advocate, champion, protagonist), vykladaè (interpreter), stoupenec (adherent, backer, devotee, follower, hanger-on, stalwart, supporter), propagátor (booster, campaigner), mocnitel (index). (various references)

Danish		eksponent (characteristic), karakteristik (characteristic, characteristic curve, characteristics, features, traits). (various references)

Dutch		exponent (agent, characteristic, index, representative). (various references)

Farsi		نماینده (Agent, Delegate, Deputation, Deputy, Doer, Envoy, Indicator, Proxy, Representation, Representative, Symptomatic), توان (Potency, Power, Valence, Vigor, Vim), تعریف کننده , شرح دهنده (Demonstrative). (various references)

Finnish		eksponentti (characteristic). (various references)

French		exposant (exhibitor). (various references)

German		Exponent (characteristic, index, n., superscript), vertreter (advocate, agent, deputy, distributor, holder, locum, proxy, rep, replacement, representative, sales representative, salesman, supporter). (various references)

Greek		εκθέτησ (compromiser, show man), εκθέτης (characteristic, exhibitor), ερμηνευτήσ (interpreter), δείκτησ (fore finger, forefinger, gauge, index, indicator, pointer). (various references)

Hebrew		מיצ�' (representative). (various references)

Hungarian		kitevő (index, indices). (various references)

Indonesian		eksponen, pangkat (degree, power, preferment, rank), lambang (sign, symbol), contoh (exemplification, model, pattern, sample, specimen). (various references)

Italian		esponente (characteristic, reference). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		指数 (index, index number). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しすう (index, index number, number of pages, page space). (various references)

Manx		meeneyder (expositor). (various references)

Norwegian		eksponent, talsmann. (various references)

Pig Latin		exponentay

Portuguese		expoente (characteristic, index, representative). (various references)

Romanian		exponent (index, mouthpiece, representative, spokesman), explicativ (explanatory, expositive, expository), reprezentant (agent, ambassador, assignee, attorney, deputy, envoy, official, rep, representative, shop steward, spokesman), interpret (expositor, illustrator, impersonator, interpreter, performer, translator), cel care expune idee, cel care dezvoltã idee. (various references)

Russian		степень (degree, extent, grade, order, pitch, power, rate, stage), экспонента, экспонент (exhibiters, exhibitor), экспонат (exhibit, showpiece), объяснительный (declaratory, elucidative, elucidatory, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, expositive, expository, interpretative), образец (archetype, copy, example, exemplar, form, model, norm, paradigm, paragon, pattern, piece, prill, quick example, representative, sample, scantling, shape, specimen, standard), представитель (delegate, deputy, exhibitor, officials, representative, spokesman, spokesmen, spokesperson, syndic), порядок (kilter, order, rights, trim), истолкователь, исполнитель (executant, executor, exercutor, hand, implementer, minister, performer). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		eksponent, predstavnik (representative, syndic). (various references)

Spanish		exponente (characteristic, index). (various references)

Swedish		tolk (Gage, gauge, interpreper, interpreter, interpreter program, interpretive program), exponent (characteristic, index, power, superscript). (various references)

Turkish		yorumcu (annotator, commentator, exegete, expositor, interpreter), kuvvet (beef, command, dint, energy, force, lustiness, main, might, pith, potency, power, punch, robustness, sinew, stamina, strength, thews, vigor, vigour, vinegar, vis, zing), katsayı (coefficient, factor, multiple, parameter), ifade eden şey, beyan eden kimse (declarant, declarer), üs (base, basis, installation, installment, instalment, power, station). (various references)

Turkmen		gцrkeziji (index). (various references)

Ukranian		тлумач (expositor, interpreter), зразок (archetype, assay, cast, example, exemplar, model, nonesuch, norm, number, paragon, pattern, sample, sampler, specimen, swatch), експонент (exhibitor, exposer), представник (agent, assignee, delegate, deputy, representative, secondary, speaker, spokesman), пояснювальний (declaratory, elucidative, elucidatory, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, expositive, expository, illustrative, interpretative). (various references)

Vietnamese		người trình b� y (expositor), người dẫn giải (expounder), điều trình b� y, điều dẫn giải. (various references)

Welsh		mynegai (index). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "exponent": exponential, exponentially, exponentials, exponentiation, exponentiations, exponents. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Exponent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Expamet, expodent, exponant, exponen, exponet, exponient, Peponnet. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "exponent" (pronounced e"kspō'nunt)
4	-n u n t	abstinent, complainant, component, consonant, contaminant, continent, covenant, determinant, dissonant, dominant, eminent, immanent, imminent, impertinent, incontinent, indignant, lieutenant, malignant, opponent, pennant, permanent, pertinent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prominent, proponent, recombinant, remnant, repugnant, resonant, ruminant, semipermanent, stagnant, subcontinent, tenant.
3	-u n t	abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complaisant, complement, compliant, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contentment, contestant, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immigrant, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, percipient, persistent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, pronouncement, propellant, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-n-n-o-p-t-x"
	-2 letters: ponent, poteen.
	-3 letters: netop, nonet, penne, tenon, tonne, topee, xenon.
	-4 letters: exon, expo, neep, nene, neon, next, none, nope, note, open, oxen, peen, pent, peon, poet, pone, teen, tone, tope.
	-5 letters: eon, nee, net, not, one, ope, opt, pee, pen, pet, pot, pox, tee, ten, toe, ton, top.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-n-n-o-p-t-x"
	+1 letter: exponents, nonexempt, nonexpert.
	+2 letters: nonexperts.
	+3 letters: exponential.
	+4 letters: exponentials.
	+5 letters: exponentially, nonexploitive, unexceptional.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 78 70 6F 6E 65 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

. -..- .--. --- -. . -. -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01111000 01110000 01101111 01101110 01100101 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#120 &#112 &#111 &#110 &#101 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0078 0070 006F 006E 0065 006E 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
exponent	152	exponent fraction	7
clarksburg exponent	78	exponent star	7
culpeper exponent star	70	adding exponent	6
clarksburg exponent telegram	44	exponent reedley	6
jewish exponent	38	calculator exponent	6
exponent purdue	36	exponent jewish philadelphia	6
exponent telegram	23	algebra exponent	6
exponent law	22	exponent lyapunov	5
exponent negative	22	exponent grandview	5
exponent rule	19	exponent radical	4
coleman exponent	17	exponent in math	4
coleman exponent tent	14	coleman exponent north star	4
exponent math	13	exponent worksheet	4
exponent fractional	9	exponent solving	4
exponent worksheets	9	coleman exponent stove	3
exponent rational	8	base exponent	3
exponent multiplying	8	dividing exponent	3
exponent hurst	8	exponent help	3
exponent inc	7	exponent lyapunov matlab	3
exponent properties	7	exponent fuel multi	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Exponent

Definitions: Exponent

Exponent

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Exponent

Synonyms: Exponent

Synonyms within Context: Exponent

Indication

Information

Interpreter

Number

Crosswords: Exponent

Commercial Usage: Exponent

References

Books

Periodicals

High Tech

Non-Fiction Usage: Exponent

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Usage Frequency: Exponent

Expressions: Exponent

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Exponent

Modern Translations: Exponent

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Chinese

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Farsi

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Manx

Norwegian

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

Turkmen

Ukranian

Vietnamese

Welsh

Derivations & Misspellings: Exponent

Derivations

Misspellings

Rhyming with "Exponent"

Anagrams: Exponent

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Exponent

45 78 70 6F 6E 65 6E 74

. -..- .--. --- -. . -. -

01000101 01111000 01110000 01101111 01101110 01100101 01101110 01110100

&#69 &#120 &#112 &#111 &#110 &#101 &#110 &#116

0045 0078 0070 006F 006E 0065 006E 0074

3990828180718086

INDEX