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Meanings of scientific notation in English

Russian
мантисса
Portuguese
notação científica
Spanish
notación científica
Catalan
notació científica
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Method of writing numbers, especially very large or small ones.

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        мантисса
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        Examples for "exponential notation"
        Examples for "exponential notation"
        1
        He pioneered the standard exponential notation for cubes and higher powers of numbers.
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        Usage of scientific notation in English
        1
        I made a slight error when writing this in scientific notation.
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        2
        Sadly, students still sometimes write scientific notation on their paper in the "e" format.
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        3
        For geeky men with extremely good senses of humour, I offer the total in scientific notation or hexadecimal.
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        4
        I suspect that even many students would say that "e" is the scientific notation letter as in 1.3e4 = 1.3 x 104.
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