noun
exponentiation operator; ** operator
Computing term for the operator that raises a number to a power, often represented as ** in programming languages.
Pythonでは、冪乗演算子として「**」を使います。
In Python, we use '**' as the exponentiation operator.
Compound of 冪乗 (べきじょう, 'exponentiation') and 演算子 (えんざんし, 'operator').