English-German translations for exponential

• exponentiell
  Dies ist einfach ein exponentielles Wachstum. This is quite simply an exponential rate of growth.
  Dieser Handel hat in Umfang und Qualität ein exponentielles Wachstum zu verzeichnen. The quantity and quality of this trade is growing at an exponential rate.
  Speziell in Italien war bei der Inanspruchnahme von Verbraucherkrediten ein exponentieller Anstieg der Umsätze zu verzeichnen. In Italy, in particular, growth in turnover in consumer credit agreements has been exponential.

Definition of exponential

• Relating to an exponent#English|exponent
• Characterised by a rate of change that is proportional to the value of the varying quantity, or, equivalently, by a doubling or halving over successive fixed intervals of time or other parameter
• Characterised by a very rapid rate of change, especially increase
• Any function that has an exponent as an independent variable

Examples

• exponential growth, exponential decay
• There were two deaths on Monday, four on Tuesday, and eight on Wednesday. The rate of increase seems exponential.

Related words

• exponentially
• exponentiate
• exponentiation
• exponentiality
• exponential function
• exponential growth
• exponential distribution
• exponential equation
• exponential generating function