scientific notation

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Meaning

1. noun a method of writing, or of displaying real numbers as a decimal number between 1 and 10 followed by an integer power of 10
2. noun an alternative format of such a decimal number immediately followed by E and an integer

   The number 0.00236 is written in scientific notation as 2.36×10 or as 2.36E-3.

Similar words

significant digit magnitude number line numericalization index significant figure exponentiation whole number scaling order of magnitude

Word family

scientific notations