EXPONENTIATION

Exponentiation

Exponentiation is a mathematical operation, written as bn, involving two numbers, the base b and the exponent n. When n is a positive integer, exponentiation corresponds to repeated multiplication; in other words, a product of n factors, each of which is equal to b :

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exponentiation

Noun

  1. The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.
    In 54, the factors are all 5, the power is 4 and exponentiation gives the result 625.
  2. A mathematical problem involving exponentiation.


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