different between exponent vs propagator

English

Etymology

From Latin exp?n?ns, present participle of exp?n? (“to expose; to exhibit, display, set out; to explain”), from ex- (“out, away”) + p?n? (“to lay, place, put”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?sp??n?nt/, /?k?ksp??n?nt/
• (General American) enPR: ?k'sp?n?nt, IPA^(key): /??kspo?n?nt/
• Hyphenation: ex?po?nent

Noun

exponent (plural exponents)

1. One who expounds, represents or advocates.
2. (mathematics) The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the ${\displaystyle 3}$ in ${\displaystyle 2^{3}=8}$.

   Synonym: power

3. (mathematics, obsolete) The degree to which the root of a radicand is found, for example, the ${\displaystyle 2}$ in ${\displaystyle {\sqrt[{2}]{r}}=b}$.

   Synonyms: degree, power
4. (linguistics) A manifestation of a morphosyntactic property.
5. (computing) The part of a floating-point number that represents its exponent value.

Coordinate terms

• (computing): significand, mantissa

Derived terms

Related terms

• expone
• expose
• expound

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??kspon?nt]

Noun

exponent m

1. (mathematics) exponent (the power to which something is raised)

   Synonym: mocnitel

See also

• mantisa

Related terms

• See póza

Further reading

• exponent in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• exponent in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Verb

exp?nent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of exp?n?

Swedish

Noun

exponent c

1. (mathematics) exponent

Declension

English

Etymology

propagate +? -or

Noun

propagator (plural propagators)

1. A person who disseminates news or rumour
2. A person who propagates plants
3. A covered, sometimes heated container for germinating seeds or raising seedlings
4. (physics) A function that represents the quantum propagation of a subatomic particle

Translations

Latin

Verb

pr?p?g?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of pr?p?g?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of pr?p?g?

References

• propagator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• propagator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• propagator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Etymology

From Latin pr?p?g?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr?.pa??a.t?r/

Noun

propagator m pers (feminine propagatorka)

1. promoter, exponent, advocate

Declension

Noun

propagator m inan

1. (physics) propagator

Declension

Further reading

• propagator in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• propagator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French propagateur

Noun

propagator m (plural propagatori)

1. spreader

Declension