exponential
adj.adj. describing a rate of change that becomes faster and faster over time. You use it when a small increase quickly turns into a very large one.
adj. relating to an increase that becomes more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size. Often describes growth patterns in mathematics, biology, or finance.
The company saw exponential growth in its first year.
The virus spread at an exponential rate because each infected person passed it to several others.
While linear progress is easy to predict, exponential shifts in technology often catch society off guard because the most dramatic changes occur in the final stages of the cycle.
From exponent + -ial.
Commonly modifies nouns like 'growth', 'increase', or 'rise'.
an exponential of growthexponential growthIn general English, the word is almost always used as an adjective to modify a noun, not as a noun itself.