HyperDic: mantissa

English > 1 sense of the word mantissa:
NOUNcommunicationmantissa, fixed-point partthe positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm
English > mantissa: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningThe positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808.
Synonymfixed-point part
BroaderfractionThe quotient of two rational numbers
Spanishmantisa
Catalanmantissa

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