べき乗じょう

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乗じょうは8ですが、これをべき乗じょうで表あらわすと2の3乗じょうと書かきます。

  2 to the power of 3 is 8, and this is expressed using exponentiation as 2 to the power of 3.

• この計けい算さんでは、まず数すう値ちをべき乗じょうしてから足たし算ざんをします。

  In this calculation, first raise the numbers to a power, then add them.