One who expounds, represents or advocates. / (mathematics) The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the 3 in 2³=8.

plural of exponent

(obsolete, UK or Scotland) To expound; to explain. / (obsolete, UK or Scotland) To expose; to imperil.

present participle of expone

Able to be, or requiring to be, explained.

The action of expounding. / (linguistics) The property of being an exponent (manifestation of a morphosyntactic property).

plural of exponence

Alternative spelling of preexponent

(mathematics, computing theory) The greatest number of times that a contiguous subsequence can be repeated.

plural of critical exponent