exponential

Do you know the term 'exponential growth, ' Comrade Ned?"

'Exponential numbers.

M.N. Huxley (2003) 'Exponential Sums and Lattice Points III', Proc.

By default they use a Carrier sensing mechanism called 'exponential backoff', or (Distributed coordination function) that relies upon a station attempting to 'listen' for another station's broadcast before sending.

'Scientific notation', also known as 'standard form' or as 'exponential notation', is a way of writing numbers that accommodates values too large or small to be conveniently written in standard decimal notation.

At best, it can be described as an approximate physical law as it is generally acknowledged that nothing can grow at a constant rate indefinitely (Cassell's Laws Of Nature, James Trefil, 2002 - Refer 'exponential growth law').