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Maybe "exponential" means "big" to non-math people. Years ago in a writing class I took, English majors kept using "hyperbolic" to mean "exaggerated". That was
by queuebert 1y ago
Maybe "exponential" means "big" to non-math people. Years ago in a writing class I took, English majors kept using "hyperbolic" to mean "exaggerated". That was hard to parse for this physicist.
- some_furry 1y agoThey arrive there from two different base words (which share an origin): Hyperbole vs hyperbola. https://uselessetymology.com/2017/11/12/the-etymology-of-hyperbole/ https://uselessetymology.com/2017/11/12/the-etymology-of-hyp... https://www.etymonline.com/word/hyperbola https://www.etymonline.com/word/hyperbola
- IAmBroom 1y agoThank you!