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== Maturity of the definition ==
== Maturity of the definition ==
At the request of a fellow Citizen, I am rewording the first sentence to sound more sophisticated -- I agree with him that the present version sounds like it is geared towards a child, rather than an undergraduate.
At the request of a fellow Citizen, I am rewording the first sentence to sound more sophisticated -- I agree with him that the present version sounds like it is geared towards a child, rather than an undergraduate. <small>...said</small> [[User:Barry R. Smith|Barry R. Smith]] ([[User_talk:Barry R. Smith|talk]]) {{#if:14:24, October 26, 2008|14:24, October 26, 2008|}}
 
:I agree most emphatically with Barry's rewording. [[User:Milton Beychok|Milton Beychok]] 23:54, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

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 Definition A mathematical notation used to represent the operation of exponentiation. It is usually written as a superscript on a number or variable, called the base. For example, in the expression, the base is 5 and the exponent is 4. [d] [e]
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Maturity of the definition

At the request of a fellow Citizen, I am rewording the first sentence to sound more sophisticated -- I agree with him that the present version sounds like it is geared towards a child, rather than an undergraduate. ...said Barry R. Smith (talk) 14:24, October 26, 2008

I agree most emphatically with Barry's rewording. Milton Beychok 23:54, 26 October 2008 (UTC)