scientific notation

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Noun

scientific notation (uncountable)

1. (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
2. (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

standard format

• Finnish: kymmenpotenssimuoto (fi), eksponenttimuoto
• French: notation scientifique (fr) f
• German: wissenschaftliche Notation f
• Haitian Creole: notasyon syantifik
• Icelandic: staðalform n, tugveldisform n
• Persian: نماد علمی (namâd-e 'elmi)
• Portuguese: notação científica f
• Russian: экспоненциа́льная за́пись f (eksponenciálʹnaja zápisʹ), экспоненциа́льное представле́ние n (eksponenciálʹnoje predstavlénije) (чи́сел)
• Spanish: notación científica f, notación índice estándar f
• Turkish: bilimsel gösterim (tr) f

alternative format

• Finnish: kymmenpotenssimuoto (fi), eksponenttimuoto
• Spanish: notación científica f