指数

See also: 指數

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 指数 – see 指數 (“index; exponent”). (This term is the simplified form of 指數).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
指	数
し Grade: 3	すう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
指數 (kyūjitai)

Noun

指(し)数(すう) • (shisū) 

1. (economics) index - a single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
2. (mathematics) exponent, power - a product of equal factors. Notation and usage: xⁿ, read as "x to the power of n" or "x to the nth power", denotes x × x × ... × x, in which x appears n times, where n is called the exponent; the definition is extended to non-integer and complex exponents.