noun
exponent
Exponent (noun) means a person who supports and explains an idea or belief.
noun
1
A person who supports and explains an idea or belief.
2
In exponentiation, the number indicating the power to which a base value is raised, as with the 3 in 2³=8.
3
The number that shows which root to take of a value, such as the 2 in a square root.
4
A sound or set of sounds in a language that shows a grammatical feature.
"However, there have been no examples presented of gender systems where the plain n triggers one exponent for gender agreement, and the male and female ns together trigger a different exponent."
— Ruth Kramer, The Morphosyntax of Gender (2015)
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Etymology
Comes from Latin expōnēns, the present participle of expōnō (“to expose; to exhibit, display, set out; to explain”), made up of ex- (“out, away”) and pōnō (“to lay, place, put”).
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What is the meaning of exponent?
"exponent" (noun) means a person who supports and explains an idea or belief.
What is another word for exponent?
Other words for "exponent" include power, advocate, advocator, proponent, index.
What are the different meanings of exponent?
"exponent" has 3 main meanings: 1. A person who supports and explains an idea or belief; 2. In exponentiation, the number indicating the power to which a base value is raised, as with the 3 in 2³=8; 3. The number that shows which root to take of a value, such as the 2 in a square root.
