exponentiation -
The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.
exponentiation -
A mathematical problem involving exponentiation.
Wikipedia
Exponentiation is a mathematical operation, written as a, involving two numbers, the base a and the exponent n. When n is a positive integer, exponentiation corresponds to repeated multiplication; in other words, a product of n factors of a: just as multiplication by a positive integer corresponds to repeated addition: The exponent is usually shown as a superscript to the right of the base. The exponentiation a can be read as: a raised to the n-th power, a raised to the power [of of] n, or possibly a raised to the exponent [of of] n, or more briefly as a to the n.
