floating point
Of a number, written in two parts as a mantissa and characteristic e.gOf a number, written in two parts as a mantissa (also called significand, the value of the significant digits) and characteristic (order of magnitude / the power of a number base) e.g. 0.314159 × 10¹.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Of a number, written in two parts as a mantissa (also called significand, the value of the significant digits) and characteristic (order of magnitude / the power of a number base) e.g. 0.314159 × 10¹.
(not comparable)Of the internal representation of such a number as a pair of integers.
Gleitkomma
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