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  • (General American) enPR: ĕk-spō-nĕn-shē-ā'-shən, IPA(key): /ˌɛk.spoʊ.ˌnɛn.ʃi.ˈeɪ.ʃən/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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exponentiation (countable and uncountable, plural exponentiations)

  1. (mathematics, arithmetic) The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.
    In 54, the factors are all 5, the power is 4 and exponentiation gives the result 625.
  2. (mathematics, arithmetic, countable) A mathematical problem involving exponentiation.

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exponentiation f (uncountable)

  1. exponentiation (process)