What is a better word for "exponentially"?
I often hear news reports of rapidly increasing problems use the word "exponentially" for emphasis. For example, tonight's BBC America World News included a segment on the …
With "amount" will you use singular or plural?
Apr 23, 2012 · See what happens with ...large amount of apples and the fact that X will exponentially grow If you said 'they will grow', you'd presumably be referring to the individual …
terminology - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jul 17, 2015 · Firstly, at What is a better word for exponentially? there is an answer showing that the word is often used in a sense less precise than the mathematical one (but echoing it). …
idiom requests - Alternatives to "exponentially bigger" - English ...
May 16, 2016 · One idiom that grinds my gears is "exponentially bigger" outside of an actual (exponential) trend, e.g. in pairwise comparisons like "A is exponentially bigger than B". What …
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Nov 13, 2019 · An exponential growth function is one that grows exponentially. It should be globally understood when you say something is growing exponentially or something has …
How do you explain cubic growth of a function
Aug 17, 2015 · When reading scientific papers I have seen people explain the growth of a variable linearly, exponentially. However how would one say for a variable which grows in quadratic …
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4 I will continue to look for a single word to describe "when a problem's understood complexity grows exponentially as you work on it," but I found some phrases that might fit the bill. …
Single word for something that becomes progressively harder to …
Dec 30, 2016 · Although I don't know the answer, your question evokes another question - "What is a job that gets progressively easier called" ? One possible phrase that comes to my mind …
etymology - "That which is measured, improves" - English …
That which is measured and reported improves exponentially." - Karl Pearson "When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported back, the …
Precise meaning of "Last N days, weeks, months or years"
Dec 5, 2011 · Today is Monday. Last week is strictly the period of seven days ending at midnight on Sunday and the last two weeks is strictly the period of fourteen days ending at midnight on …