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 …

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 …

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 …

Jul 26, 2021 · To increase exponentially; also, more generally, to exhibit specified asymptotic behaviour as some limit is approached. 2. transitive. To raise e or some other base (BASE n.1 …

Jul 22, 2017 · I most often hear (and say) let's hope the weather cooperates in this context. It's a slight bit of anthropomorphism, as if "the weather" is a capricious being who might or might not …

Feb 8, 2016 · I'm having an argument with a co-worker about phrasing. We have a document that makes reference to someone having experience working "in the past year", and later it states …

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 …

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 …

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). …

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. …