scientific notation

scientific notation

noun
a method for expressing a given quantity as a number having significant digits necessary for a specified degree of accuracy, multiplied by 10 to the appropriate power, as 1385.62 written as 1.386 × 103.

Origin:
1960–65
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Scientific notation is always a great word to know.
So is denominator. Does it mean:
bottom number in a fraction
opposite of a number
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scientific notation  
A method of expressing numbers in terms of a decimal number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10. The scientific notation for 10,492, for example, is 1.0492 × 104.
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