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  2. Scientific notation - Wikipedia

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    Using scientific notation, this value can be uniformly expressed to any desired precision, from the nearest tenth of a millimeter 2.54 × 10 1 mm to the nearest nanometer 2.540 0000 × 10 1 mm, or beyond. Hyperinflation means that too much money is put into circulation, perhaps by printing banknotes, chasing too few goods. It is sometimes ...

  3. Tenth - Wikipedia

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    The note, ten scale degrees from the root (current note, in a chord) The interval , major or minor, between the first and tenth note of a diatonic scale; an octave (seven scale degrees) plus a third The chord (music) , created by a triad plus the tenth note from chord root

  4. Significant figures - Wikipedia

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    For example, 13 0 0 has three significant figures (and hence indicates that the number is precise to the nearest ten). Less often, using a closely related convention, the last significant figure of a number may be underlined; for example, "1 3 00" has two significant figures. A decimal point may be placed after the number; for example "1300."

  5. Thousandth of an inch - Wikipedia

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    For example, "five tenths," is typically a measurement or tolerance of five ten-thousandths of an inch, and written as 0.0005 inches. "Three tenths," as another example, is written as 0.0003 inches [9] Machining "to within a few tenths" is often considered very accurate, and at or near the extreme limit of tolerance capability in most contexts.

  6. Order of magnitude - Wikipedia

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    An order-of-magnitude estimate of a variable, whose precise value is unknown, is an estimate rounded to the nearest power of ten. For example, an order-of-magnitude estimate for a variable between about 3 billion and 30 billion (such as the human population of the Earth) is 10 billion. To round a number to its nearest order of magnitude, one ...

  7. 10 - Wikipedia

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    10 (ten) is the even natural number following 9 and preceding 11. Ten is the base of the decimal numeral system , the most common system of denoting numbers in both spoken and written language. Linguistics

  8. Unit of time - Wikipedia

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    One tenth of a second. second: 1 s: SI base unit for time. decasecond: 10 s: Ten seconds (one sixth of a minute) minute: 60 s: hectosecond: 100 s: milliday: 1/1000 d (0.001 d) 1.44 minutes, or 86.4 seconds. Also marketed as a ".beat" by the Swatch corporation. moment: 1/40 solar hour (90 s on average)

  9. 10,000,000 - Wikipedia

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    10,000,000 (ten million) is the natural number following 9,999,999 and preceding 10,000,001. In scientific notation , it is written as 10 7 . In South Asia except for Sri Lanka , it is known as the crore .