| A number like or is written in scientific notation, that is, in terms of powers of ten. |
| In scientific notation, a number is displayed with its mantissa at the left and a two-digit exponent at the right. |
| Numbers entered in scientific notation can be used in calculations just like any other number. |
| By the way, scientific notation is a geekspeak way of writing a floating-point number in a compact way. |
| Due to the magnitude of the numbers used in this report, it is often more convenient to express them in scientific notation. |
| Special fonts are also indispensable for scientific notation or non-Latin scripts. |
