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scientific notation
sci·en·tif·ic no·ta·tion


noun 
Definition:
 
short way to express large numbers: a way of expressing a given number as a number between 1 and 10 multiplied by 10 to the appropriate power. 5,743.6 expressed in scientific notation is 5.7436 × 103.
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