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Power of ten — Edexcel GCSE Physics Definition | GradeGen

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Power of ten

GCSE Physics · key term

Power of ten

Definition

A factor written as $10$ raised to a power, used to describe the scale of a quantity.

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Edexcel GCSE Physics · 1PH0

Specification 1.2 · Paper 1, Paper 2

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