noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
exponentiation; power
Mathematical term for raising a number to a power. Used both as a noun and with する to mean 'to raise to a power'.
2の3乗は8ですが、これをべき乗で表すと2の3乗と書きます。
2 to the power of 3 is 8, and this is expressed using exponentiation as 2 to the power of 3.
In this calculation, first raise the numbers to a power, then add them.