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
In scientific notation, this would become 2.36 × 108.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
Use scientific notation to determine how many adults believe aliens have visited Earth.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
Another way to look at scientific notation is that we separate out the messy numbers out front, and leave the smooth units of ten for the exponent to denote.
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
