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mantissa::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fixed-point part |
| Type of | fraction |
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Note that the exponent's lowest bit is intentionally allowed to propagate into the mantissa.
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In the floating-point case, a variable exponent would represent the power of ten to which the mantissa of the number is multiplied.
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For floating-point arithmetic, the mantissa was restricted to a hundred digits or fewer, and the exponent was restricted to two digits only.
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This system is described by international standard G.711. An alternative proposal for a floating point representation, with 5-bit mantissa and 3-bit radix, was abandoned.
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Use of mantissa in place of significand or coefficient is discouraged, as the mantissa is traditionally defined as the fractional part of a logarithm, while the characteristic is the integer part.
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- The positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808
- Mantissa is a heavy rock band formed as Killing Time. Killing Time formed in Melbourne, the band comprised Adam Pringle, Nina Grant, Chris Paine, Jed Starr and Tubby Wadsworth. In 1991, they started to gain a following and after a bidding war were signed to Polydor. ...
- A minor addition to a text; The part of a common logarithm after the decimal point; The significand; that part of a floating-point number that contains its significant digits
