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Definition of Exponential decay

1. Noun. A decrease that follows an exponential function.

Medical Definition of Exponential decay

1. A decline in which the rate of decay is always proportional to the amount of material remaining; the constant of proportionality is the rate constant. (05 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exponential Decay

Literary usage of Exponential decay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Developments and Applications in Experimental Design: Selected by William F. Rosenberger, Nancy Flournoy, Weng Kee Wong (1998)
"TABLE 2 Two-point optimum designs for the exponential decay model Once again, from Table 2 we see that the optimum values of x\ and z2 become closer to each ..."

2. Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International edited by T. J. Casadevall (1995)
"6C), the plume recedes from the off-axis field meter generating the near- exponential decay in potential gradient (fig. 3C). As the plume moves over the ..."

3. State of the Art in Probability and Statistics: Festschrift for Willem R by Mathisca de Gunst, Chris Klaassen, A. W. van der Vaart (2001)
"The exponential decay for the pinned measure given by (7) had however remained open for d = 2. This problem is addressed here (for a slightly modified ..."

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