I often hear news reports of rapidly increasing problems use the word "exponentially" for emphasis. For example, tonight's BBC America World News included a segment on the growing Syrian refugee p...

4 I will continue to look for a single word to describe "when a problem's understood complexity grows exponentially as you work on it," but I found some phrases that might fit the bill. Hofstadter's Law is …

May 16, 2016 · One idiom that grinds my gears is "exponentially bigger" outside of an actual (exponential) trend, e.g. in pairwise comparisons like "A is exponentially bigger than B". What is a …

Jul 17, 2015 · Firstly, at What is a better word for exponentially? there is an answer showing that the word is often used in a sense less precise than the mathematical one (but echoing it). Then, by …

That which is measured and reported improves exponentially." - Karl Pearson "When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported back, the rate of …

Dec 30, 2016 · Although I don't know the answer, your question evokes another question - "What is a job that gets progressively easier called" ? One possible phrase that comes to my mind (although it …

Apr 23, 2012 · See what happens with ...large amount of apples and the fact that X will exponentially grow If you said 'they will grow', you'd presumably be referring to the individual apples, but instead …

Jul 11, 2012 · How do you say the mathematical function in English: x^y (or x y) For example, how do you say 2^16 (or 2 16) I know ^ means 'power' or 'exponentiate', but that is the name of the …

Aug 17, 2015 · When reading scientific papers I have seen people explain the growth of a variable linearly, exponentially. However how would one say for a variable which grows in quadratic fashion, …

Jan 30, 2018 · I'm searching for a rare word that means a small space/dwelling that is much larger on the inside than it appears from the exterior. It has been in 2 stories I know of: shown as a magical …