A Concept that the rate of growth is increasing, and the rate that the rate of growth is increasing is increasing. Word comes from "exponent" which is when the exponent rises, the base increases but more and more each time, making a graph that will eventually appear to be completely vertical on any scaled graph.
"The growth of the number of covid cases in 2020 was almost exponential; there was more and more cases every day."
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Get the Exponential mug.Applies to any rate of growth which is larger than some expected rate of growth.
In common usage, however, only a small sample size is available, and exponential applies to sufficiently large positive rate of growth.
In mathematical terms, exponential growth is "superlinear"
In common usage, however, only a small sample size is available, and exponential applies to sufficiently large positive rate of growth.
In mathematical terms, exponential growth is "superlinear"
Person 1: The number of African American presidents in the US is growing exponentially.
Person 2: That's right!
Person 1: The ant population in my kitchen seems to double every week.
Person 2: Oh... well at least it's not growing exponentially
Person 3: x log x grows exponentially.
Person 2: That's right!
Person 1: The ant population in my kitchen seems to double every week.
Person 2: Oh... well at least it's not growing exponentially
Person 3: x log x grows exponentially.
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Refers to the expression of a mathematical exponent, which is both exponential and explosive in its growth, destroying the graph which represents said growth. It exclusively applies to exponential growth formulas, and may not be applied to exponential decay formulas.
The discovery of this word is attributed to the creator of the webcomic, Polygone.
The discovery of this word is attributed to the creator of the webcomic, Polygone.
"Each new level of item explodentially increases your cookies-per-second count. Math is now broken." - In reference to the online game, Cookie Clicker.
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Get the Exponential mug.The act of predicting the apocalypse will come exponentially recently.
After an apocalypse day (2000, 2012, ect) believing that the next apocalypse must happen soon because for some reason it didn't happen on the day everyone thought it would.
After an apocalypse day (2000, 2012, ect) believing that the next apocalypse must happen soon because for some reason it didn't happen on the day everyone thought it would.
Example of an Exponential Apocalypse:
1999: DUDE! the worlds gonna end in 2000! all the equipment will fail and the nukes will launch and the planes will fall out of the sky!!!
2001: oh... well, DUDE! the worlds gonna end in 2012! The mayans said so.
2013: oh... well, DUDE! the worlds gonna end in 2016! Its the day of armegedan
2017: AHHH! now the worlds gonna end this month!
Feb: AHHH now its gonna end tomorrow...
...and so on and so forth
1999: DUDE! the worlds gonna end in 2000! all the equipment will fail and the nukes will launch and the planes will fall out of the sky!!!
2001: oh... well, DUDE! the worlds gonna end in 2012! The mayans said so.
2013: oh... well, DUDE! the worlds gonna end in 2016! Its the day of armegedan
2017: AHHH! now the worlds gonna end this month!
Feb: AHHH now its gonna end tomorrow...
...and so on and so forth
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Get the exponential mug.Simply means "big." In math, the word exponential describes a particular kind of mathematical function with a specific set of properties, but in casual use, it just means "big."
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