Noun
A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a factor to produce the power indicated
One who, or that which, stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAn architect, to be a true exponent of his time, must possess first, last and always the sympathy, the intuition of a poet ... this is the one real, vital principle that survives through all places and all times. Louis Sullivan
Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath. Emily Dickinson
There is only one real number: one. And love, apparently, is the best exponent of this singularity. Vladimir Nabokov
It may be easily shown, and is of no small significance, that the two great ideas of which the Anglo-Saxon is the exponent are having a fuller development in the United States than in Great Britain. Josiah Strong
A totalitarian state will harmonize in Spain the operation of all the capabilities and energy in the country, that inside the National Unity, the work esteemed as the most unavoidable must be the only exponent of the people's will. Francisco Franco
Think of your existing power as the exponent in an equation that determines the value of information. The more power you have, the more additional power you derive from the new data. Bruce Schneier