exponential curve
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexponentialandcurve
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exponential
adjective
uk/ˌek.spəˈnen.ʃəl/us/ˌek.spoʊˈnen.ʃəl/
formal
An exponential rate of increase becomes quicker and quicker as the thing that increases ...
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curve
noun[C]
uk/kɜːv/us/kɝːv/
a line that bends continuously and has no ...
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(Definition ofexponentialandcurvefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, there is clearly divergence of the actual data from the fittedexponentialcurve, especially at the lowest symptom counts.
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A negativeexponentialcurvewas used to describe the relationship between the temperature and the duration of egg development.
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It is not possible to fit either a simple linear or anexponentialcurveto these data.
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In general, anexponentialcurvereaches its extreme value (98%) at the time of 4 time constant.
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There is no literal attempt to illustrate the frighteningexponentialcurveof our own blind technological revolution, for example.
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It is also observed that theexponentialcurvefits the data very well on the top of the bend and along the outer bend.
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As the flow enters the bend, theexponentialcurvestarts to deviate from the actual data obtained along the inner bend.
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A singleexponentialcurveprovided the best fit for the whole population, but floor effects produced deviations at symptom counts of 0-3.
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The number of correct landings per trial was the outcome of interest, and individual learning curves were estimated using a negativeexponentialcurve.
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Points (individual seed water content) were fitted by anexponentialcurvein order to illustrate the non-linear evolution of seed water content with time.
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Indeed, the temporal growth of the perturbation fits anexponentialcurveand does not depend on the magnitude of the mesh perturbation.
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The curves were fitted to the points using a negativeexponentialcurvefit.
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Measurement was carried out by fitting a firstorderexponentialcurveto the trace at the point where the membrane was charging to the hyperpolarized potential.
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Again, the best fitting model was anexponentialcurve.
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On automated selection of the best fitting distribution for these data from a wide range of distributions, anexponentialcurveshowed the best statistical fit.
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The singleexponentialcurvefitted to each hyperpolarization response is shown as a white line superimposed on the black trace in the inset in each graph.
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It is very difficult to compare our results with theirs as their time to solve the problem follows anexponentialcurvethat is balanced by the number of machines.
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Seed dispersal distance from the source tree (particularly in wind-dispersed species) typically decreases following a negativeexponentialcurve.
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The reason for that rapid decline is that the graph resembles, as mathematicians will be aware, anexponentialcurve.
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