Normalize decimal or exponential text into a coefficient and power of ten without losing written digits to floating-point conversion.
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For example 0.00045 or 4.5e-4.
Normalized scientific notation
1.23456789 × 10^5
Converts the entered decimal text without floating-point loss. Written trailing digits are preserved; this does not infer measurement precision.
Move the decimal point until the coefficient’s magnitude is at least 1 and less than 10, except for zero.
The exponent counts that decimal movement, including any exponent already entered.
Scientific notation moves the decimal so the nonzero coefficient has magnitude from 1 up to, but excluding, 10. The exponent records the movement.
0.004560 becomes 4.560 × 10^−3. The written trailing zero is retained.
It preserves entered digits but does not infer instrument precision. Use the significant-figures tool to round to a chosen precision.
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