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mantissa

DEFINITIONS OF: mantissa

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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

Synonyms:
fixed-point part
Type of:
fraction
the quotient of two rational numbers
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