scientific notation

English

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.

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 f

alternative format

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