mantissa
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin mantissa, mantīsa, of unknown origin (said by Festus to be a loanword from Etruscan, but it may actually be from Celtic,[1] possibly through Etruscan mediation).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmantissa (plural mantissas or mantissae)
- (obsolete) A minor addition to a text.
- (mathematics) The part of a common logarithm after the decimal point, the fractional part of a logarithm.
- (mathematics, computing) The significand; that part of a floating-point number or number in scientific notation that contains its significant digits.
- Synonym: significand
Usage notes
editThe use of mantissa to refer to significant digits in a floating point number or scientific notation is discouraged by some in favor of significand, due to earlier distinct usage for the logarithm. It remains in widespread use in the US, however.
Translations
editpart of a logarithm after the decimal point
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significand — see significand
References
edit- ^ Stokes, Whitley (1877) in: Bezzenberger, Adalbert (ed.), Beiträge zur Kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen, Göttingen, vol. 23, p. 51
Further reading
edit- common logarithm § Mantissa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- significand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editInternationalism (see English mantissa), ultimately from Latin mantissa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmantissa
- (mathematics) mantissa (decimal part of a logarithm)
Declension
editInflection of mantissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mantissa | mantissat | |
genitive | mantissan | mantissojen | |
partitive | mantissaa | mantissoja | |
illative | mantissaan | mantissoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mantissa | mantissat | |
accusative | nom. | mantissa | mantissat |
gen. | mantissan | ||
genitive | mantissan | mantissojen mantissain rare | |
partitive | mantissaa | mantissoja | |
inessive | mantissassa | mantissoissa | |
elative | mantissasta | mantissoista | |
illative | mantissaan | mantissoihin | |
adessive | mantissalla | mantissoilla | |
ablative | mantissalta | mantissoilta | |
allative | mantissalle | mantissoille | |
essive | mantissana | mantissoina | |
translative | mantissaksi | mantissoiksi | |
abessive | mantissatta | mantissoitta | |
instructive | — | mantissoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “mantissa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Italian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmantissa f (plural mantisse)
- (mathematics) mantissa (part of a logarithm after the decimal point)
Pali
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Noun
editmantissa
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
Noun
editmantissa f (plural mantissas)
- (mathematics) mantissa (part of a logarithm after the decimal point)
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