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scientific notation

a mathematical expression used to represent any decimal number as a number between one and ten raised to a specific power of ten (Ex.: 4.1 × 10 for 4.1, 4.1 × 10 for 41, 4.10 × 10 for 410, 4.1 × 10 for 0.41, 4.1 × 10 for 0.041): often used for approximate computations with very large or small numbers

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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