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Noun: geometric progression
  1. (mathematics) a progression in which each term is multiplied by a constant in order to obtain the next term
    "1-4-16-64-256- is the start of a geometric progression"

Derived forms: geometric progressions

Type of: patterned advance, progression

Encyclopedia: Geometric progression