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    [Noun]  | "ex*po*nent" | \ ik-ˈspō-nənt \


    1: a symbol written above and to the right of a mathematical expression to indicate the operation of raising to a power

    2: one that expounds or interprets

    3: one that champions, practices, or exemplifies


    Origin: 1734 ;

     Latin exponent-, exponens, present participle of exponere{mat|expose|};

    [Noun]  | "exponents" 


    1: a person who actively supports or favors a cause;


      * e.g., " ... exponents of space exploration earnestly called for more missions to the outer reaches of the solar system "





    2: one who brings an art or science to full realization;


      * e.g., " ... has long reigned as the nation's leading exponent of modern dance "



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    [Noun]  | "exponent" 


    1: a person who actively supports or favors a cause;


      * e.g., " ... exponents of space exploration earnestly called for more missions to the outer reaches of the solar system "





    2: one who brings an art or science to full realization;


      * e.g., " ... has long reigned as the nation's leading exponent of modern dance "



    •  Antonyms : 

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     [ "Expon" ]

    1: The shorthand term for the hypothetical explosion of the universe. As coined by the renowned astrophysicist Kyrara Sciencepants

      * e.g.,  ... Wow, I sure hope there is no expon today. 

     [ "exponent" ]

    1:  The little numbers to the right of the big numbers. Change the entire equation. Also known as the reason many fail math.

      * e.g.,  ...  55^12839758974609 Student 1: Dude, did you take that math test? Student 2: yeah, but I totally failed because it had exponents. 

     [ "Error in the Exponent" ]

    1: A number that is given with very large uncertainties, such that it might be ten or a hundred (or more) times larger or smaller than the value given. Astrophysics is famous for having 'errors in the exponent'

      * e.g.,  ... ..."We estimate the minimum viable population to be somewhere between 100 and 5000" (extremes from the wikipedia article) ... "in our universe protons decay with a time scale in the range 10^33 - 10^45 years" These quantities don't have an error in the value, they have an error in the exponent. 

     [ "EXPONENT" ]

    1: a person who supports an idea, a theory, etc. and persuades others that it is good

      * e.g.,  ... the most famous exponent of the Kathak dance form 

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