指數

Japanese

Noun

指數 (shinjitai 指数, hiragana しすう, romaji 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.

Mandarin

Noun

指數 (traditional, Pinyin zhǐshù, simplified 指数)

1. (economics) index