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Exponentially is often used to mean "10 times more". So if one date point is 10 times higher than a second data point, than the wording would hold colloquially
by MR4D 8y ago
Exponentially is often used to mean "10 times more". So if one date point is 10 times higher than a second data point, than the wording would hold colloquially.
- chrisseaton 8y agoAre you confusing with 'an order of magnitude'? Exponential is a rate of change, so you simply can't determine it on two data points. Order of magnitude is the relative change itself, so you can determine between two data points.
- oarsinsync 8y agoYou are literally correct, and literally could not be more wrong (and I'm deliberately using both the correct and colloquial - but depressingly also dictionary defined - definition of the word 'literally' there). Language evolves, and not always for the best.
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- MR4D 8y agoNo, but I agree that OOM is the better word choice. That's the great thing about the English language - whatever it means today, it won't tomorrow! Also, to address the definition of "exponentially", I refer you to the second definition here [0]: -- "any positive constant raised to a power." [0] - https://www.dictionary.com/browse/exponentially https://www.dictionary.com/browse/exponentially
- chrisseaton 8y agoThat's not what that definition means in this content. Think about it - you can express any change from A to B as a positive constant raised to a power. So if that's what you think it means then you're saying any change from A to B is rising 'exponentially'.
- jimmydddd 8y agoWell......Actually....