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IEVref:102-02-08ID:
Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: power
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Definition: result of an exponentiation

Note 1 to entry: The term "power" is also used for an expression representing an exponentiation.

Note 2 to entry: In the power ab, a is the base and b is the exponent. The power is expressed by the words "a to the power b" or simply "a to b".

Note 3 to entry: The power with exponent 2 is the square, a2=aa, the power with exponent 3 is the cube, a3=aaa, the power with exponent −1 is the inverse, a1=1/a, the power with exponent 1/2 is the square root, a1/2=a.


Publication date:2008-08
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Internal notes:2017-02-20: Editorial revisions in accordance with the information provided in C00019 (IEV 102) - evaluation. JGO
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