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Definition of Mantissa
1. Noun. The positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808.
Definition of Mantissa
1. n. The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic.
Definition of Mantissa
1. Noun. (obsolete) A minor addition to a text. ¹
2. Noun. (mathematics) The part of a common logarithm after the decimal point. ¹
3. Noun. (matheatics computing) The significand; that part of a floating-point number that contains its significant digits. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mantissa
1. the decimal part of a logarithm [n -S]
Medical Definition of Mantissa
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantissa
Literary usage of Mantissa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry by Arthur Graham Hall, Fred Goodrich Frink (1910)
"mantissa. We have seen that moving the decimal point in the number merely changes
the characteristic of the logarithm, leaving its mantissa unaltered. ..."
2. Five-place Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables by James Morford Taylor (1905)
"The first mantissa on this tab is the least mantissa on these pages, in the
columns headed " log sin," and the greatest mantissa in these columns is the ..."
3. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry and Tables by George Albert Wentworth (1903)
"Tii The required mantissa is the same as the mantissa for 1576.4; therefore it
will be found by adding to the mantissa for 1576 four-tenths of the ..."
4. Principles of Depreciation by Earl Adolphus Saliers (1916)
"The mantissa The mantissa of the logarithm of a number is the decimal portion,
and does not depend upon the location of the decimal point but upon the ..."
5. Plane Trigonometry and Tables by George Albert Wentworth (1902)
"The required mantissa is the same as the mantissa for 1576.4 ; therefore it will
be found by adding to the mantissa for 1576 four-tenths of the difference ..."
6. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry by George Albert Wentworth (1891)
"The mantissa for 1576 Is 19756. The difference between the mantissas for 1576
and 1577 is 27. Hence, the mantissa for 1576.4 is 19756 + (0.4 x27) = 19767. ..."
7. Elements of Algebra by George Albert Wentworth (1886)
"The required mantissa is the same as the mantissa for 1576.4; therefore it will
be found by adding to the mantissa for 1576 four-tenths of the difference ..."
8. Origines Islandicae: A Collection of the More Important Sagas and Other by Frederick York Powell, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1905)
"The pedigrees which are here restored to mantissa show by their reference to Hawk
that ... The mistake which gave the first part of mantissa to the end of ..."
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