"scientific notation" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-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 Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-scientific_notation-en-noun-y5Dsern8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. (mathematics) an alternative format of such a decimal number immediately followed by E and an integer Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (alternative format): kymmenpotenssimuoto (Finnish), eksponenttimuoto (Finnish), notación científica [feminine] (Spanish) Translations (standard format): kymmenpotenssimuoto (Finnish), eksponenttimuoto (Finnish), notation scientifique [feminine] (French), wissenschaftliche Notation [feminine] (German), notasyon syantifik (Haitian Creole), staðalform [neuter] (Icelandic), tugveldisform [neuter] (Icelandic), نماد علمی (namâd-e 'elmi) (Persian), notação científica [feminine] (Portuguese), экспоненциа́льная за́пись (eksponenciálʹnaja zápisʹ) [feminine] (Russian), экспоненциа́льное представле́ние (eksponenciálʹnoje predstavlénije) (alt: чи́сел) [neuter] (Russian), notación científica [feminine] (Spanish), notación índice estándar [feminine] (Spanish), bilimsel gösterim [feminine] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-scientific_notation-en-noun-1MrV7bYo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'alternative format': 10 90 Disambiguation of 'standard format': 19 81

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