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Mantissa (/ m æ n ˈ t ɪ s ə /) may refer to: Mantissa (logarithm) , the fractional part of the common (base-10) logarithm Significand (also commonly called mantissa), the significant digits of a floating-point number or a number in scientific notation
The significand [1] (also coefficient, [1] sometimes argument, [2] or more ambiguously mantissa, [3] fraction, [4] [5] [nb 1] or characteristic [6] [3]) is the first (left) part of a number in scientific notation or related concepts in floating-point representation, consisting of its significant digits. For negative numbers, it does not include ...
Mantissa is a novel by British author John Fowles published in 1982. It consists entirely of a presumably imaginary dialogue in a writer's head, between himself and an embodiment of the Muse Erato , after he wakes amnesiac in a hospital bed.
This digit string is referred to as the significand, mantissa, or coefficient. [nb 1] The length of the significand determines the precision to which numbers can be represented. The radix point position is assumed always to be somewhere within the significand—often just after or just before the most significant digit, or to the right of the ...
In August 1992 Killing Time changed their name to Mantissa due to American and Japanese bands of that name. [1] The new name was chosen from the 1982 John Fowles novel, Mantissa. [1] In October 1992 they issued their debut album, Mossy God, (produced by Mantissa and Terry Date), on Red Eye Records / Polydor Records, which reached No. 47. [3]
Mantissa Plantarum Altera (abbreviated Mant. Pl. Alt.) is an illustrated book with botanical descriptions which was edited by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the year 1771. [ 1 ] Mantissa Plantarum Altera was the continuation of Mantissa Plantarum published in 1767 as an appendix to the 12th edition of Systema Naturae .
Mantissa College is a private educational establishment founded in 1999 with approval from the Malaysia Education ministry. History
When the weather turns foul, black clouds gather and heavy storms break, kulshedra is believed to be in the vicinity. A drangue can counter her destructive power driving the storms away.