What does this mean and read as?

2e-12

Is it 2 x e^-12 or 2 x 10^-12 ?

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In what context is it used?

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Originally Posted by aroe

2e-12

Is it 2 x e^-12 or 2 x 10^-12 ?

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Most likely the latter, especially if the context is related to computers. See E notation in Wikipedia. If it were , it should have been written as 2e^(-12) or 2exp(-12).

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on a TI calculator ...

for example

http://education.ti.com/kbase/C11956SS01.BMP