Exponentiation
When it is a positive integer, the exponent indicates how many copies of the base are multiplied together. For example, . The base appears times in the repeated multiplication, because the exponent is . Here, is the "base", is the "exponent", and is the "power" or, more specifically, "3 raised to the 5th power".
Exponentiation
The word "raised" is usually omitted, and sometimes "power" as well, so can also be read "3 to the 5th" or "3 to the 5". Therefore, the exponentiation can be expressed as ""b" to the power of "n"", ""b" to the "n"th power", ""b" to the "n"th", or most briefly as ""b" to the "n"".