mantissa
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ə noun
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Obsolete. an addition of little or no importance, as to a literary work.
Origin:
1860–65; < Latin, variant of mantisa addition, makeweight, said to be from Etruscan; logarithmic mantissa so called because it is additional to the characteristic or integral part (term introduced by H. Briggs)
1860–65; < Latin, variant of mantisa addition, makeweight, said to be from Etruscan; logarithmic mantissa so called because it is additional to the characteristic or integral part (term introduced by H. Briggs)
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| —n | |
| Compare characteristic the fractional part of a common logarithm representing the digits of the associated number but not its magnitude: the mantissa of 2.4771 is .4771 | |
| [C17: from Latin: something added, of Etruscan origin] | |
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Mantissa
is always a great word to know.
So is quantity. Does it mean:
| the third power of a quantity such as a cubed = a?a?a |
| the property of magnitude involving comparability with other magnitudes, size, volume, area, or length |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
mantissa
decimal part of a logarithm, 1641, from L. mantisa "a worthless addition, makeweight," probably from a Gaulish word introduced into L. via Etruscan (cf. O.Ir. meit, Welsh maint "size").
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Science Dictionary
| mantissa (mān-tĭs'ə) Pronunciation Key
The part of a logarithm to the base ten that is to the right of the decimal point. For example, if 2.749 is a logarithm, .749 is the mantissa. Compare characteristic. |
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Computing Dictionary
mantissa definition
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(1996-06-15)
Example sentences
Properties of float types include the size and location of the exponent and mantissa, and the location of the sign bit.
The mantissa is drawn next to the major tick and the exponent string is appended to the axis label.
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