exponential growth model
[/ˌɛkspəˈnɛnʃəl ɡroʊθ ˈmɑdəl/]
nounpl: exponential growth models
modelo de crescimento exponencial
1. A mathematical representation of a system where a quantity increases at a rate proportional to its current value, resulting in doubling or rapid multiplication over equal time intervals
The exponential growth model accurately predicted the spread of the pandemic in the early weeks.
O modelo de crescimento exponencial previu com precisão a disseminação da pandemia nas primeiras semanas.
2. A function of the form y = ae^(bx) or y = a(r)^x used to describe phenomena that grow increasingly rapidly
Scientists use exponential growth models to study population dynamics and bacterial reproduction.
Os cientistas usam modelos de crescimento exponencial para estudar a dinâmica populacional e a reprodução bacteriana.
3. In business and economics, a projection method showing rapid increase in revenue, users, or market value over time
The startup's business plan relied on an exponential growth model that assumed user acquisition would accelerate yearly.
O plano de negócios da startup dependia de um modelo de crescimento exponencial que assumia aceleração anual na aquisição de usuários.
This term is heavily used in Brazilian and Portuguese academic discourse, particularly in mathematics, biology, economics, and engineering programs. In the USA, especially in Silicon Valley and startup culture, 'exponential growth' became a buzzword post-2010s to describe rapidly scaling tech companies. The concept gained widespread public awareness during the COVID-19 pandemic when exponential growth models were frequently referenced in news media to explain disease spread.
NYC Slang
hockey stick growth; go vertical
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