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floating point

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Synonyms: floating-point

Antonyms: floating-point

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Adjective

  1. {{lb|en|mathematics}} Of a [[number]], written in two parts as a [[mantissa]] (also called [[significand]], the [[value]] of the [[significant digit]]s) and [[characteristic]] ([[order of magnitude]] / the [[power]] of a number [[base]]) e.g. 0.314159 × 10<sup>1</sup>.
  2. {{lb|en|computing}} Of the [[internal]] [[representation]] of such a number as a [[pair]] of [[integer]]s.

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