It was the end; coma was coming; the mind was departing with the breath. The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Emile Zola It was not long before they were reduced to a coma of hunger.
An exponent is a quantity representing the power to which some other quantity is raised. Exponents do not have to be numbers or constants; they can be variables. They are often positive whole number s, but they can be negative number s, fractional number s, irrational number s, or complex number s.
base1. 1  the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table. 2  a fundamental principle or groundwork; foundation; basis: the base of needed reforms. 3  the bottom layer or coating, as of makeup or paint.