Thesaurus: exponent

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1. n. A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a factor to produce the power indicated
2. n. One who, or that which, stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles.
3. n. a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
4. n. someone who expounds and interprets or explains
5. n. a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
6. 1. (Alg.) A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a factor to produce the power indicated; Note: thus a2 denotes the second power, and an the xth power, of a (2 and x being the exponents). A fractional exponent, or index, is used to denote the root of a quantity. Thus, a denotes the third or cube root of a. 2. One who, or that which, stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles. Exponent of a ratio, the quotient arising when the antecedent is divided by the consequent; thus, 6 is the exponent of the ratio of 30 to 5. [R.]
7. A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand ofand above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter isrepeated as a factor to produce the power indicated;
8. n:100 n. someone who expounds and interprets or explains n. a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself