mantissa

Etymology
Borrowed from, , of unknown origin (said by Festus to be a loanword from , but it may actually be from , possibly through Etruscan mediation).

Noun

 * 1)  A minor addition to a text.
 * 2)  The part of a common logarithm after the decimal point, the fractional part of a logarithm.
 * 3)  The significand; that part of a floating-point number or number in scientific notation that contains its significant digits.

Usage notes
The use of mantissa to refer to significant digits in a floating point number or scientific notation is discouraged by some in favor of, due to earlier distinct usage for the logarithm. It remains in widespread use in the US, however.

Translations

 * Catalan: mantissa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: mantisa
 * Finnish: mantissa
 * French:
 * Galician: mantisa
 * German:
 * Hindi: अपूर्णांश
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 仮数
 * Polish: mantysa
 * Portuguese: mantissa
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: sampuambahagi

Etymology
(see 🇨🇬), ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1)  mantissa decimal part of a logarithm

Etymology
From,.

Noun

 * 1)   part of a logarithm after the decimal point

Noun

 * 1)   part of a logarithm after the decimal point