heypolyglot
Italian

esponenziale

/esponenˈtsjale/adjectiveC1
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 18,131

Meaning

exponential

  • increasing or growing at an increasingly rapid rate
  • pertaining to or expressed by a mathematical exponent

In a sentence

L'azienda ha registrato un aumento esponenziale delle vendite online.

The company recorded an exponential increase in online sales.

La diffusione del contagio non segue più un andamento esponenziale.

The spread of the infection no longer follows an exponential trend.

Quali fattori hanno favorito questo sviluppo esponenziale della rete?

Which factors contributed to this exponential growth of the network?

Word forms (4)
WordWord forms
esponenzialemasculine · singular
esponenzialefeminine · singular
esponenzialimasculine · plural
esponenzialifeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • Ends in -e in the singular; plural is 'esponenziali' for both genders.
  • Very common in economics, technology, and science to describe rapid growth.

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