scientific notation

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“Atto” is the scientific notation prefix that represents 10-18, which is a decimal point followed by 17 zeroes and a 1.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2023

Measurements can be represented in either decimal or scientific notation.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Note that any number, no matter how large or how small, can be expressed in scientific notation.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

In scientific notation, this would become 2.36 × 108.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

For very big or very small numbers, so-called scientific notation is often clearer and easier to work with than standard notation and I’ll therefore sometimes use it.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos