exponentiate

exponentiate (third-person singular simple present exponentiates, present participle exponentiating, simple past and past participle exponentiated)

1. (mathematics)
   1. (intransitive) To use exponentiation.

      In order to solve the equation we must exponentiate.

   2. (transitive) To raise something (a number, or mathematical expression) to a power; to apply an exponent to a mathematical expression.

      Let us exponentiate x to obtain xⁿ.

2. (computing) To apply a mathematical exponentiation function.

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