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exponent
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ex·po·nent
/ ikˈspōnənt; ˈekspōnənt/
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n.
1.
a person who believes in and promotes the truth or benefits of an idea or theory:
an early exponent of the teachings of Thomas Aquinas.
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a person who has and demonstrates a particular skill, esp. to a high standard:
he's the world's leading exponent of country rock guitar.
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Math.
a quantity representing the power to which a given number or expression is to be raised, usually expressed as a raised symbol beside the number or expression (e.g., 3 in 23 = 2 × 2 × 2).
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Exponent, Inc. Opens Subsidiary in China.
PR Newswire; 7/18/2005; 700+ words
; Exponent Science and Technology Consulting Co., Ltd...July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Exponent, Inc. , is pleased to announce the formation of a wholly owned subsidiary, Exponent Science and Technology Consulting Co., Ltd...
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Exponent (Nasdaq: EXPO)/.
PR Newswire; 1/15/2001; 700+ words
; In SFF067, "Organization Profile: Exponent (Nasdaq: EXPO)," issued Friday...release follows. Organization Profile: Exponent (Nasdaq: EXPO) MENLO PARK, Calif...following release is being issued by Exponent: (Photo: http://www.newscom...
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Exponent Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter of 2004.
PR Newswire; 7/19/2004; 700+ words
; Exponent, Inc. today reported financial results...Advanced Robotic Controller and secured Exponent's role in future activities in the field...Recently, it was announced that the Exponent, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Wexford International...
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Exponent Announces Preliminary Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2004.
PR Newswire; 1/13/2005; 700+ words
; Exponent, Inc. today announced preliminary financial...2004. For the fourth quarter of 2004, Exponent expects to report total revenues in the...digit growth. For fiscal year 2004, Exponent expects to report total revenues in the...
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Exponent Awarded Common Access Card Program Support Contract By Defense Manpower Data Center.
PR Newswire; 3/31/2004; 700+ words
; Exponent, Inc. today announced that it has been...is $3.54 million over five years and Exponent's net revenue is anticipated to be...funded in the amount of $654,000 and Exponent's net revenue is anticipated to be...
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Exponent Awarded Advanced Robotic Controller Contract by the U.S. Army's Rapid Equipping Force.
PR Newswire; 10/20/2003; 700+ words
; Exponent, Inc. , has been awarded a contract...6 million has been funded to date. Exponent's net revenue from the total contract...charter, the Rapid Equipping Force and Exponent rushed the development and deployment...
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Exponent Conducts Independent Engineering Investigation on the Safety of Roller Coasters for Six Flags Theme Parks.
PR Newswire; 1/29/2003; 700+ words
; Exponent, Inc. announced today that it has just completed...injuries, and overall theme park safety." Exponent and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons conducted the studies. Exponent evaluated data and information on roller coaster...
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Exponent Reports First Quarter 2006 Results.
PR Newswire; 4/17/2006; 700+ words
; ...April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Exponent, Inc. today reported financial results...year. For the first quarter of 2006 Exponent began expensing stock-based compensation...Navy contract. On March 31, 2006, Exponent had $70.7 million in cash, cash equivalents...
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Exponent Receives Additional Funding for Advanced Combat Soldier Uniform Development.
PR Newswire; 10/8/2002; 700+ words
; Exponent, Inc. announced today that is has been...Advanced Combat Uniform (ACU) program. Exponent has been working on Phases IA-IC of...available off-the-shelf technologies. Exponent will net approximately $400,000 of...
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Exponent Reports Strong Third Quarter 2007 Results.
PR Newswire; 10/17/2007; 700+ words
; ...Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Exponent, Inc. today reported financial results...766,000 in the same period of 2006. Exponent closed the third quarter of 2007 with...term investments. During the quarter, Exponent repurchased $7.7 million of common...
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Exponent
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Exponent Exponents are numbers that indicate...the simplest case, an exponent that is a positive integer...number represented by the exponent. In the previous examples...and 3 and 4 are the exponents. The process of repeated...
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Powers and Exponents
Book article from: Mathematics
Powers and Exponents An exponent is a number that indicates...to a power, multiply the exponents: (b n)m = b n ×...43 × 2 = 46. Zero Exponent An interesting rule involving exponents is that a number raised to...
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exponent
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...letter n are the exponents respectively of the base x. The exponent indicates the...raised. When exponents were first introduced...used, and the exponent indicated how...containing an exponent is raised to a power, the exponents are multiplied...
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biased exponent
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing
biased exponent Another name for characteristic . See floating-point notation .
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floating-point notation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing
...point number from its exponent, the bias (or excess factor ) n is added to the exponent. For example, for an 8-bit characteristic, exponents in the range −...bit single-precision exponent, with a bias of 127, and...
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