scientific notation
scientific notation - English
Noun
scientific notation (uncountable)
- (mathematics) a method of writing, or of displaying real numbers as a decimal number between 1 and 10 followed by an integer power of 10
- (mathematics) 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 2.36×10−3 or as 2.36E-3.
Translations
- Finnish: kymmenpotenssimuoto (fi), eksponenttimuoto
- French: notation scientifique (fr) f
- Icelandic: staðalform n, tugveldisform n
- Russian: экспоненциа́льная за́пись f (eksponenciálʹnaja zápisʹ), экспоненциа́льное представле́ние n (eksponenciálʹnoje predstavlénije) (чи́сел)
- Spanish: notación científica f, notación índice estándar f
- Turkish: bilimsel gösterim f
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