单词 | scientific notation |
释义 | > as lemmasscientific notation scientific notation n. (a) a system of notation or symbols regarded as, or devised to be, systematic and rational; (b) a system of representing some given number as a product of a number with an absolute value between 1 and 10 (or between 0·1 and 1) and a power of 10 (as 2 ×102 or 0.2 × 103 for 200).The earliest quotations refer to algebraic symbolism. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [noun] notation1706 decimal system1786 scientific notation1824 1824 J. Fearn Anti-Tooke i. 15 That disparity of nature which exists between Scientific Notation and Ordinary Language. 1827 Trans. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 2 430 It was reserved for Francis Vieta to introduce the first scientific notation and to represent known and unknown quantities by letters. 1848 J. Curwen Singing for Schools & Congregations (ed. 2) ii. 152/1 The chief excellence of a language, or of a scientific notation, (those of arithmetic and algebra, for example,) is to give a distinct term or sign for each distinct thing. 1875 Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engin. Mag. Jan. 76/2 The difficulty which stands in the way of the adoption of the Beaufort Scale as a strictly scientific notation of the force of wind. 1884 Science 18 Jan. 78/2 The centigrade scale and metric system are the accepted scientific notation. 1902 Stud. Yale Psychol. Lab. 10 102 A scientific notation should be so constructed so as to be capable of providing a suitable transcription for any speech sound. 1915 Amer. Math. Monthly 22 328 The work on logarithms is prefaced by use of the notation 2.417 × 10-8, etc., so common in scientific work... No rule for characteristics is needed if the student gets to thinking of every number as expressible in this ‘scientific notation’. 1920 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Homeopathy 13 130 By marking that correctly as the 1x dilution of the crude drug, it gives..a scientific notation for liquid preparations which corresponds in value to that of our triturations. 1963 W. H. Ware Digital Computer Technol. & Design I. ii. 22 The power of the base appearing in an expression which is in scientific notation in effect indicates the position of the point. 1973 C. W. Gear Introd. Computer Sci. ii. 61 The number ·00000001 is represented as ·1 × 10−7... We call this floating-point or scientific notation for numbers. 2006 New Yorker 13 Mar. 67/2 Ten to the ninth is the scientific notation for the number one billion. < as lemmas |
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