List: time-nuts@lists.febo.com
From: christopher hoover
Re: [time-nuts] Measuring 10 MHz accurately
Thu, May 8, 2008 12:04 AM
Ed wrote:
> What is the difference between 1E-12, 10E-12, and 10^-12?
E means raised to the power of ten.
x E y is shorthand for X * 10^y.
(See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_notation#E_notation)
1E-12 and 10^-12 are the same number, specifically 1,000,000,000,000.
10E-12 is one order of magnitude (ten times) larger.
-ch