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exponent
Maths a number or variable placed as a superscript to the right of another number or quantity indicating the number of times the number or quantity is to be multiplied by itself
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exponent
[ik′spō·nənt] (mathematics)
A number or symbol placed to the right and above some given mathematical expression.
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exponent
(programming)(Or "characteristic") The part of a
floating-point number specifying the power of ten by which
the mantissa should be multiplied. In the common notation,
e.g. 3.1E8, the exponent is 8.
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