Exponent: (MSN Encarta Dictionary)
1. advocate of cause: a supporter or promoter of a cause
2. explainer of something: somebody who explains or interprets something • an exponent of Kant's philosophy
3. practitioner of art or skill: a performer or practitioner of an art or skill, especially somebody who is regarded as an excellent example of how something should be done • an exponent of the rococo style
4. MATHEMATICS number indicating multiplication: a number or variable placed to the upper right of a number or mathematical expression that indicates the number of times the number or expression is to be multiplied by itself, as in 23, which equals 8 |