different between exponent vs zealot

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

Initially only found as Middle English zelote, an epithet of Simon the Zealot, acquiring its current senses in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Middle English derives from Latin z?l?t?s, from Ancient Greek ??????? (z?l?t?s, “emulator, zealous admirer, follower”), from ????? (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from ????? (z?ló?, “to emulate, to be jealous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?z?l.?t/
• Hyphenation: zeal?ot

Noun

zealot (plural zealots)

1. One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic
2. (historical) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
3. (historical) A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.

Quotations

• 1892: Yet Brahmans rule Benares still, / Buddh-Gaya's ruins pit the hill, / And beef-fed zealots threaten ill / To Buddha and Kamakura. — Rudyard Kipling, Buddha at Kamakura

Synonyms

• enthusiast
• fanatic

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Laotze