MANTISSA

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mantissa" is a kind of...):

fraction (the quotient of two rational numbers)

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