Meanings
plural exponential decays
- countableuncountableA decrease where the rate of decrease is proportional to the amount remaining.
The service value of the capital stock, i.e. the product of its price and quantity component, is decomposed into a depreciation component and an interest component, similar to the decomposition which holds under exponential decay.
2017, E. Biørn, Taxation, Technology, and the User Cost of Capital, →ISBN, page 239
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
French décroissance exponentielle
- décroissance exponentielledecay proportional to value
Italian decadimento esponenziale
- decadimento esponenzialedecay proportional to value
Portuguese decaimento exponencial
- decaimento exponencialdecay proportional to value
Spanish decrecimiento exponencial, decaimiento exponencial
- decrecimiento exponencialdecay proportional to value
- decaimiento exponencialdecay proportional to value
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exponential decay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exponential%20decay
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