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E-format

E-format noun: a scientific notation for floating point numbers in which e.g. 51.75 would be represented as 0.5175E+02 (meaning 0.5175 × 10²).

Noun

E-format (uncountable)

  1. A scientific notation for floating point numbers in which e.g. 51.75 would be represented as 0.5175E+02 (meaning 0.5175 × 10²)

Forms of E-format

alternative forme format

Questions about E-format

What does E-format mean?
E-format means a scientific notation for floating point numbers in which e.g. 51.75 would be represented as 0.5175E+02 (meaning 0.5175 × 10²).
What part of speech is E-format?
E-format is a noun.

Words near E-format in the dictionary

  1. e-folding
  2. e-folds
  3. e-foo
  4. e-fora
  5. e-form
  6. E-format
  7. e-forms
  8. e-forum
  9. e-forums
  10. e-fraud
  11. e-frauds

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