Ko te hohoro haere o te tipu, o te heke rānei, o tētahi taurangi, pērā i te tipu o tētahi pūtea pēke nā runga i te tāpiri haere i te huamoni whakaputu i ia tau.
The increasingly rapid growth or decline of a variable, such as the growth in a bank deposit because of the annual addition of compound interest.
taupū - exponent
tau - number
pū - heap, stack
Ko te 'tipu whakaritorito' tā te Māori kīanga e pātata ana pea ki tēnei mea te tipu taupūtanga.
He pēhea nei te āhua o te kauwhata e whakaatu ana i te heke taupūtanga?
Nāna i tuhi te whārite taupūtanga hei tātai i te tipu o te pūtea pēke whakaputu i te takanga o te wā.