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'''Engineering notation''' or '''engineering form''' (also '''technical notation''') is a version of [[scientific notation]] in which the exponent of ten mustis always selected to be divisible by three (to match the common metric prefixes, i.e., theyscientific arenotation that aligns with powers of a thousand, but written as, for example, 10531×10⁶³ instead of 10005.31×10²⁵ (but on calculator displays written without the ×10 to save space). As an alternative to writing powers of 10, [[SI prefix]]es can be used,<ref name="Gordon_1969"/> which also usually provide steps of a factor of a thousand.<ref group="nb" name="NB_Cubic"/>

On most calculators, engineering notation is called "ENG" mode as scientific notation is denoted SCI.

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