WordUnscrambler Home
exponent
Definitions
[ɛkˈspəʊnənt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person who supports an idea or theory and tries to persuade people of its truth or benefits
(e.g: an early exponent of the teachings of Thomas Aquinas)
- a quantity representing the power to which a given number or expression is to be raised, usually expressed as a raised symbol beside the number or expression (e.g. 3 in 2³ = 2 × 2 × 2)
- a linguistic unit that realizes another, more abstract unit
Phrases:
Origin
:
late 16th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘expounding’): from Latin exponent- ‘putting out’, from the verb exponere (see expound)
Click here to see the free dictionary definition for exponent
definition by Oxford Dictionaries