exponentiation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from exponent + -ation.[1] Perhaps from exponential + -ation.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) enPR: ĕk-spō-nĕn-shē-ā'-shən, IPA(key): /ˌɛk.spoʊˌnɛn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]exponentiation (countable and uncountable, plural exponentiations)
- (mathematics, arithmetic) 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 base is 5 and the power is 4, so there are 4 identical factors of 5, and exponentiation gives 625 as the result.
- 1998 August 25, Peter Wayner, “IBM Says Encryption System Prevents Hacker Attack”, in The New York Times[1]:
- "The remarkable fact about the system is that it achieves such a high level of security with only six exponentiations," Boneh said, referring to the calculations used to raise numbers to a power. Other systems do exponentiation once, suggesting that this system may be about six times slower because exponentiation is the most time-consuming step in encrypting the data.
- (mathematics, arithmetic, countable) A mathematical problem involving exponentiation.
- 1998 August 25, Peter Wayner, “IBM Says Encryption System Prevents Hacker Attack”, in The New York Times[2]:
- "The remarkable fact about the system is that it achieves such a high level of security with only six exponentiations," Boneh said, referring to the calculations used to raise numbers to a power. Other systems do exponentiation once, suggesting that this system may be about six times slower because exponentiation is the most time-consuming step in encrypting the data.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]the process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors
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mathematical problem involving exponentiation
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References
[edit]- ^ “exponentiation, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
French
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Noun
[edit]exponentiation f (uncountable)
- exponentiation (process)
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