exponential growth

English

Global human population is growing exponentially

Noun

exponential growth (usually uncountable, plural exponential growths)

1. (mathematics) The growth in the value of a quantity, in which the rate of growth is proportional to the instantaneous value of the quantity; for example, when the value has doubled, the rate of increase will also have doubled. The rate may be positive or negative.
2. (by extension, proscribed) Very rapid growth.

Translations

growth proportional to value

• Dutch: exponentiële groei m
• Finnish: eksponentiaalinen kasvu
• French: croissance exponentielle (fr) f
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• Hungarian: exponenciális növekedés
• Icelandic: veldisvöxtur m, vísisvöxtur m, veldisvísisvöxtur m

Further reading

• exponential growth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia