exponent
exponent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 23 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who, or that which, stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles. Exponent of a ratio, the quotient arising when the antecedent is divided by the consequent; thus, 6 is the exponent of the ratio of 30 to 5. [R.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- annotator
- cicerone
- commentator
- courier
- demonstrator
- dragoman
- explainer
- expositor
- expounder
- glossarist
- interpreter
- metaphrast
- mouthpiece
- oneirocritic
- oracle
- paraphrast
- place
- prolocutor
- scholiast
- showman
- speaker
- spokesman
- valet
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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