ALL meanings of mantissa
man·tis·sa
M m - noun Technical meaning of mantissa 1. (programming) 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 number's sign or this may be considered to be a separate part. 2. (mathematics) The fractional part of a logarithm. 1
- noun mantissa The part of a logarithm that follows the decimal point. 1
- noun mantissa decimal part of logarithm 1
- noun mantissa Mathematics. the decimal part of a common logarithm. Compare characteristic (def 3a). 1
- noun mantissa Obsolete. an addition of little or no importance, as to a literary work. 1
- noun mantissa the fractional part of a common logarithm representing the digits of the associated number but not its magnitude 0
- noun mantissa the decimal part of a logarithm to base 10 as distinguished from the integral part (called the characteristic) 0