No. 892 in Chinese
指數
"指數" means "index" or "exponent" in English.
In a sentence
股票指數今天上升了。
The stock index increased today.
Here, '指數' refers to an index in the financial context, indicating a statistical measure of changes in a market.
疫情指數顯示感染增加。
The epidemic index indicates an increase in infections.
In this usage, '指數' refers to a specific metric used to measure and report on the state of an epidemic.
這是一個計算指數的公式。
This is a formula to calculate an exponent.
Here, '指數' is used to signify the mathematical concept of an exponent, representing a number that denotes how many times a base is multiplied by itself.
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