exponentiation
noun
ex·po·nen·ti·a·tion
ˌek-spə-ˌnen(t)-shē-ˈā-shən 
: the mathematical operation of raising a quantity to a power
called also involution
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That very long number is only the result of a threefold exponentiation.
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
In the end, then, there are just two ways to solve the puzzle of the fourfold exponentiation of π.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
Though lacking the power of exponentiation, a device like this can avail itself of other features of quantum physics.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 Jan. 2018
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
In the end, then, there are just two ways to solve the puzzle of the fourfold exponentiation of π.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
Though lacking the power of exponentiation, a device like this can avail itself of other features of quantum physics.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 Jan. 2018
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exponentiation
noun
ex·po·nen·ti·a·tion
ˌek-spə-ˌnen-chē-ˈā-shən
: the mathematical operation of raising a quantity to a power
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