Mantissa

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The decimal part of a logarithm. In the logarithm 2.95424, the mantissa is 0.95424.
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  • n. A minor addition to a text.
  • n. The part of a common logarithm after the decimal point, the fractional part of a logarithm.
  • n. The significand; that part of a floating-point number or number in scientific notation that contains its significant digits.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A supplementary treatise; a lesser work following one on the same subject.
  • n. The decimal part of a logarithm: so called as being additional to the characteristic or integral part.
  • n. [capitalized] In zoology, a genus of mollusks.
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  • n. the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808
    • Antonym
    characteristic   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fraction   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    most-significant    digester    2nd    nificant    tentacular   
     
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