Exponent - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪkˈspəʊnənt|
Brit.
|ɪkˈspəʊnənt|
noun
- a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea (syn: advocate, proponent)
- someone who expounds and interprets or explains
- a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself (syn: index, power)
- someone who expounds and interprets or explains
- a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself (syn: index, power)
Extra examples
She has become one of America's foremost exponents of the romantic style in interior design.
The exponent 3 in 103 indicates 10 x 10 x 10.
Huxley was an exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution.
Theobald as a plodding antiquarian, was an excellent exponent of dullness.
The most famous exponent of this approach to art was probably Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
...a major exponent of naturalism, Theodore Dreiser depicted life's harsh realities unflinchingly and without moral judgment...
Word forms
noun
singular: exponent
plural: exponents
singular: exponent
plural: exponents
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