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The traditional definition for the operation of exponentiation to a natural power (or a positive integer) had introduced approximately as follows:
Exponentiation is an arithmetic operation originally defined as the result of multiple multiplications a number by itself.
But the more precise formulation is still different:
Raising a number X to an integer power N is an arithmetic operation defined as the result of multiple [N by mod times] multiplications or divisions one by number X.