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MANTISSA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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; mantissa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mantissa" is a kind of...):
fraction (the quotient of two rational numbers)
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