exponential growth

English

Global human population is growing exponentially

Noun

exponential growth (usually uncountable, plural exponential growths)

1. (mathematics) The growth in the value of a quantity, in which the rate of growth is proportional to the instantaneous value of the quantity; for example, when the value has doubled, the rate of increase will also have doubled. The rate may be positive or negative.
2. (by extension, proscribed) Very rapid growth.

Synonyms

• (mathematics): geometric growth, constant rate of growth

Translations

growth proportional to value

• Azerbaijani: eksponent artım
• Basque: hazkunde esponentzial
• Catalan: creixement exponencial m
• Czech: exponenciální růst m
• Danish: eksponentiel vækst
• Dutch: exponentiële groei m
• Estonian: eksponentsiaalne kasvamine
• Finnish: eksponentiaalinen kasvu
• French: croissance exponentielle (fr) f
• German: exponentielles Wachstum n
• Greek: εκθετική αύξηση f (ekthetikí áfxisi)
• Haitian Creole: kwasans eksponansyèl
• Hebrew: גדילה מעריכית
• Hungarian: exponenciális növekedés
• Icelandic: veldisvöxtur m, vísisvöxtur m, veldisvísisvöxtur m
• Indonesian: pertumbuhan eksponensial (id)
• Interlingua: crescimento exponential
• Italian: crescita esponenziale f
• Japanese: 指数関数的成長
• Malay: pertumbuhan eksponen
• Norwegian: eksponentiell vekst
• Persian: رشد نمایی (rošd-e namâyi)
• Polish: wzrost wykładniczy m
• Portuguese: crescimento exponencial m
• Russian: экспоненциальный рост (ru) m (eksponencialʹnyj rost)
• Slovene: eksponentna rast
• Turkish: üstel büyüme
• Ukrainian: експонентне зростання n (eksponentne zrostannja)
• Vietnamese: tăng trưởng theo cấp số nhân

See also

• growth rate

Further reading

• exponential growth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “exponential growth”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “exponential growth”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.