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Synonyms for exponential decay

a decrease that follows an exponential function

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Figure 4 shows that log(P(t)) and log([psi](t)) are linear with time t in every type of dead-end pore, which indicates the exponential decline when t is large.
Annual pasture DM yield was available for Winchmore, and plots receiving both rates of P fertiliser showed an exponential decline in DM yield following a halt to P fertilisation (Dodd et al.
2 shown, simulation result better exhibit the statistical characteristics of real GPS trace data, and the pause position density of hot regions meets the exponential decline. Due to the nodes are random distribution when the simulation initialization, and move toward the nearest hot region at first.
Their analysis showed that a second component appeared after 72 h of chilling and caused an exponential decline in elongation that was completely reversible by the heat-shock treatment.
2b) in which the bedrock samples plot below they-intercept of the proposed monotonic exponential decline function.
The opportunities of the Internet, computerized businesses, and computer-savvy consumers, the exponential decline in the cost of computation and communication, and the increasingly dynamic environment for longer-having systems are pressing software developers to come up with better ways to create and evolve systems.
However, the excretion always follows an exponential decline, which means a rapid initial loss of drug followed by a slow trickle of the remainder, which may take weeks or even months.
The exponential decline in costs of micropower technologies in the last several decades should continue through 2005, along with increasing efficiency of products such as solar panels and wind turbines, and the creation of economies of scale once mass production occurs.
In general, four stages can be identified: an initial gradual linear decline followed by an inflection or transitional stage, an exponential decline, and, finally, a reverse inflection.
The residence times were determined by shuttering the laser light and measuring the resultant exponential decline in polarization as the polarized gas was replaced by unpolarized gas.
The regressions summarize the fit of the exponential decline in the relative proportions of female to male workers as one moves up the management hierarchy.
RSPK object movements will show exponential decline with increased distance from the agent; repeatedly involve the same object, type of object, and area, irrespective of distance from the agent; involve objects and areas that are emotionally meaningful to the agents and people with whom the agent interacts; generally last less than three months; originate at times of increased global geomagnetic disturbance; and occur in places with above-average local geomagnetic and electromagnetic amplitudes.
Exponential decline has been found to closely approximate production decline from producing fields, although, as discussed by Nind [1981], this can lead to a slight negative bias in the resulting estimation of ultimate recovery and well life when using exponential decline models.
Feast of the South African Astronomical Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope, remarks, "As it comes into the tail [the long drawn-out decline in brightness], it is getting more like the models and other supernovas.' Specifically, he reports an exponential decline in brightness with a half-life of about 113.6 days.
Rate of cross-fertilization with distance to the pollen source was well represented by both exponential and modified exponential decline functions (P < 0.01) with [R.sup.2] = 0.64 for downwind and 0.58 for upwind (Table 3).