floating-point number

Noun

 * 1) A number written in the form a × bc, e.g. 3.75 × 103 (a being the mantissa, b, the base and c, the exponent).
 * 2)  A real number held as a pair of integers, one representing the mantissa and the other representing the exponent. The base is normally 10, 16 or 256 depending on the computing system.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Norwegian: flyttall
 * Polish: liczba zapisana w notacji wykładniczej


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: vlottende kommagetal
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , nombre flottant
 * Georgian: მცურავწერტილიანი რიცხვი
 * German: Float
 * Icelandic: hlaupakommutala
 * Japanese: 浮動小数点数
 * Norwegian: flyttall
 * Polish: liczba zmiennoprzecinkowa
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: flyttal


 * German:, , Gleitpunktzahl