exponent
/ɪkˈspoʊnənt/
noun
- A person who supports an idea, theory, or cause and tries to persuade others to do the same.
- The senator became a famous exponent of education reform.
- As an exponent of healthy eating, he wrote several cookbooks.
- She is a leading exponent of renewable energy.
- A person who is very skilled at a particular activity or art form.
- He is one of the greatest exponents of jazz piano.
- The dancer is a brilliant exponent of modern ballet.
- She is known as a top exponent of traditional pottery.
- In mathematics, a small number written above and to the right of a base number that shows how many times the base is multiplied by itself.
- When you square a number, the exponent is 2.
- In 10³, the exponent is 3, meaning 10 × 10 × 10.
- The exponent tells you how many times to use the base in multiplication.
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