Scientific Notation Definition

A mathematical expression used to represent any decimal number as a number between one and ten raised to a specific power of ten (Ex.: 4.1 × 10⁰ for 4.1, 4.1 × 10¹ for 41, 4.1 × 10² for 410, 4.1 × 10^-1 for 0.41, 4.1 × 10^-2 for 0.041): often used for approximate computations with very large or small numbers.