exponential decay

collocation in English

meaningsofexponentialanddecay

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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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decay
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈkeɪ/
us
/dɪˈkeɪ/
the process ...
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This implies theexponentialdecayof correlations of the induced map; this statement is one of the most important results of this work.
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As we have pointed out the finite difference method always seems to give theexponentialdecaysolution if one exists.
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We state the theorem expressing stretchedexponentialdecayof multiple correlation functions.
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Thus, the exponential growth of the eigenfunction andexponentialdecayof the eigenvalue combine to produce a translation in the far field.
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They show that the amplitude 2m decreases rapidly as d increases and then it behaves like theexponentialdecayfunction.
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However, thisexponentialdecayis far from being abundant.
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The variable also remains insignificant when a linear, an inverse or any other function representing anexponentialdecayis used.
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Curves are drawn as an aid to the eye by fitting data toexponentialdecaywith linear combination equations (r2 > 0.90).
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Thus, we haveexponentialdecayto the steady state solution, as expected.
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A single random map with an isolated measure supported on a single component hasexponentialdecayof correlations as the following proposition makes precise.
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The result that we obtain is theexponentialdecayof correlations for a large (as far as we know larger than usual) class of functions.
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The next question is then: if anexponentialdecaysolution does not exist, but only one with algebraic decay, will the method give this solution?
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This estimate implies theexponentialdecayof correlations for observables in a suitable function space.
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The envelope of the excitation essentially comprises a sigmoid rise and anexponentialdecay.
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