What (who) is mantissa - definition
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Mantissa (disambiguation); Mantissa (mathematics)
mantissa
1. <programming> The part of a floating point number which,
when multiplied by its radix raised to the power of its
exponent, gives its value. The mantissa may include the
number's sign or this may be considered to be a separate part.
2. <mathematics> The fractional part of a logarithm.
(1996-06-15)
mantissa
[man't?s?]
¦ noun
1. Mathematics the part of a logarithm after the decimal point.
2. Computing the part of a floating-point number which represents the significant digits of the number.
Origin
C17: from L., lit. 'makeweight', perh. from Etruscan.
Mantissa
·noun The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic.
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Mantissa
Mantissa ( ) may refer to:
- Mantissa (logarithm), the fractional part of the common (base-10) logarithm
- Mantissa (floating point number), the significant digits of a floating-point number or a number in scientific notation, also called the significand
- Mantissa (band)
- Mantissa (novel), a 1982 novel by John Fowles
- Mantissa College
- De anima libri mantissa, sometimes simply referred as Mantissa, treatise attributed to Alexander of Aphrodisias
Examples of use of mantissa
1. Mantissa (1'85), for all its wealth of mythological correspondence, gave the impression of being shored up by the glossy sex that had been The Maguss strongest suit.
2. Rare excursion It was one of Fowles‘s rare excursions, this one to Hollywood to discuss a screenplay, that inspired Daniel Martin (1'77). Two novels, Mantissa (1'82) and the historical drama A Maggot (1'85), were well received, in addition to his works of local interest, A Short History of Lyme Regis (1'82) and Lyme Regis Camera (1''0). His last work was Wormholes (1''8), a collection of essays.