mantissa
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin mantissa, mantīsa, of unknown origin (said by Festus to be a loanword from Etruscan, but it may actually be from Celtic,[1] possibly through Etruscan mediation).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mantissa (plural mantissas or mantissae)
- (obsolete) A minor addition to a text.
- (mathematics) The part of a common logarithm after the decimal point, the fractional part of a logarithm.
- (mathematics, computing) The significand; that part of a floating-point number or number in scientific notation that contains its significant digits.
- Synonym: significand
Usage notes
[edit]The use of mantissa to refer to significant digits in a floating point number or scientific notation is discouraged by some in favor of significand, due to earlier distinct usage for the logarithm. It remains in widespread use in the US, however.
Translations
[edit]part of a logarithm after the decimal point
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significand — see significand
References
[edit]- ^ Stokes, Whitley (1877) in: Bezzenberger, Adalbert (ed.), Beiträge zur Kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen, Göttingen, vol. 23, p. 51
Further reading
[edit]- common logarithm § Mantissa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- significand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see English mantissa), ultimately from Latin mantissa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mantissa
- (mathematics) mantissa (decimal part of a logarithm)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of mantissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mantissa | mantissat | |
genitive | mantissan | mantissojen | |
partitive | mantissaa | mantissoja | |
illative | mantissaan | mantissoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mantissa | mantissat | |
accusative | nom. | mantissa | mantissat |
gen. | mantissan | ||
genitive | mantissan | mantissojen mantissain rare | |
partitive | mantissaa | mantissoja | |
inessive | mantissassa | mantissoissa | |
elative | mantissasta | mantissoista | |
illative | mantissaan | mantissoihin | |
adessive | mantissalla | mantissoilla | |
ablative | mantissalta | mantissoilta | |
allative | mantissalle | mantissoille | |
essive | mantissana | mantissoina | |
translative | mantissaksi | mantissoiksi | |
abessive | mantissatta | mantissoitta | |
instructive | — | mantissoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “mantissa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mantissa f (plural mantisse)
- (mathematics) mantissa (part of a logarithm after the decimal point)
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Noun
[edit]mantissa
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]mantissa f (plural mantissas)
- (mathematics) mantissa (part of a logarithm after the decimal point)
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