meaning of mantissa

1. The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic.
2. mantissa 1. The part of a floating point number which, when multiplied by its radix raised to the power of its exponent, gives its value. The mantissa may include the numbers sign or this may be considered to be a separate part. 2. The fractional part of a logarithm.

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