exponential growth. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I use the term exponential to refer to compounding's effect to set it off from those who use linear or arithmetic models. From Wordnik.com. [Further Discussion of Compounding Suggestions . . .. . . behind the curtain . . .] Reference
Balancing that point where the linear crosses the exponential is what long-term thinking should be about. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
I've used the word exponential, and I think it's pertinent toward culture in general, particularly in New York or London. From Wordnik.com. [The Hollywood News] Reference
At the beginning of the fifth decade of space travel the various tools for that investigation have increased their power in exponential jumps. From Wordnik.com. [A Space in Time] Reference
When graphed this growth is termed exponential or asymptotic and the trend line is kind of J-shaped. From Wordnik.com. [LA IMC] Reference
Is there some kind of exponential payback for both artist and viewer?. From Wordnik.com. [Morning Cleaning] Reference
“We have seen this kind of exponential progression before,” he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Singularity Theory | Impact Lab] Reference
In terms of badness, if you don't understand the term "exponential," go look it up. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, dear Lord ...] Reference
But when the rise started becoming "exponential", it's hard to see a basis in plausible physics. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Flood by Stephen Baxter] Reference
It paid off in exponential ways. bunmaster Said. From Wordnik.com. [These are the mamas of your neighborhood… | Her Bad Mother] Reference
India to witness 'exponential' computer growth: official. From Wordnik.com. [LBO-Lanka Business Online]
Hardly an "exponential" increase, in the common understanding of that word. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Do the resource impacts of that kind of exponential growth not concern you?. From Wordnik.com. [High Country News - Most Recent] Reference
Asia's increasing interest in wine is "exponential", says Stephen Wickens, a Hong. From Wordnik.com. [Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk] Reference
The word 'exponential', like the word 'literally' seems to be losing its meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Data Mining: Text Mining, Visualization and Social Media] Reference
In-Stat, which expects the growth to be exponential, meaning sales will be slow in 2010 and. From Wordnik.com. [TG Daily] Reference
He said this kind of exponential growth in cost was increasingly hampering scientific research. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
But Backer expects "exponential" growth, mirroring that of the natural foods and organic industry. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference
"It's kind of exponential learning when you have a group working on a project and it makes it more fun.". From Wordnik.com. [All Today's News - Sightline Daily] Reference
"We are living in exponential times" -- that word ( "exponential"), I don't think it means what you think it means. From Wordnik.com. [Open Reading Frame] Reference
According to Heller, taxpayers are facing "exponential" tax increases while a "chosen few" corporations get tax breaks. From Wordnik.com. [Times Leader News]
But recently, there's been some kind of exponential explosion and it seems like half the people I know are hanging out there. From Wordnik.com. [Gaian Tarot Artist's Journal] Reference
Some implants fire out "exponential" pulses that rise and die away just as quickly, while others might use rectangular or ramp-shaped pulses. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Online News] Reference
Try to recall your exponential math. From Wordnik.com. [What Is Your Government Doing About Peak Oil?] Reference
"exponential" growth in China, both in the countryside as well as in major cities: from. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
"exponential" rise in sedentary behaviour among youth, which they carried on in later life. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
'exponential', 'meteoric', or some other expression that would be quite at home in a space-age comic book from the 1950s. From Wordnik.com. [Crave at CNET UK] Reference
"exponential," "skyrocketing," or some other expression that would be quite at home in a space-age comic book from the 1950s. From Wordnik.com. [Muti] Reference
But their exponential growth may pose its own risks. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
When they play the word-of-mouse game right, they can experience exponential growth. From Wordnik.com. [The Friendly Virus] Reference
“If those salts get into the steel or the concrete, the corrosion will be exponential.”. From Wordnik.com. [Warning Signs] Reference
Go out 10 steps and the linear string has reached 10, while the exponential string is hitting 512. From Wordnik.com. [I, Robot] Reference
By contrast, just a few years ago Chinese planners foresaw exponential pollution growth into the future. From Wordnik.com. [China is Going Green] Reference
With an exponential progression, at first, when the numbers are small, the progress doesn't look like much. From Wordnik.com. [I, Robot] Reference
Overpopulation, in the worst cases, makes nature incapable of sustaining the exponential growth in the number of people. From Wordnik.com. [International Mail Call: The Politics Of Dress] Reference
He has spearheaded the deals and store openings that accounted for the video chain's exponential growth from the mid-1980s. From Wordnik.com. [Chips Off The Block] Reference
Now, exponential advances in auction technology can facilitate large-scale auctions of publicly held goods -- such as in Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Give All Iraqis A Share] Reference
In other words, despite its exponential growth, we are still in the early stages of social media's rise in power and popularity. From Wordnik.com. [Social Media Players Can Learn From 'Survivor,' 'The Bachelor'] Reference
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