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floating-point

floating-point is the alternative form of floating point.

Meaning of floating point

Adjective

floating point (not comparable)

  1. Of a number, written in two parts as a mantissa (also called significand, the value of the significant digits) and characteristic (order of magnitude / the power of a number base) e.g. 0.314159 × 10¹.
  2. Of the internal representation of such a number as a pair of integers.

Phrases with floating-point

Questions about floating-point

What is floating-point the alternative form of?
Floating-point is the alternative form of floating point.

Words near floating-point in the dictionary

  1. floating wind turbine
  2. floating wind turbines
  3. floating wood tile
  4. floating wood tiles
  5. Floating-Harbor syndrome
  6. floating-point
  7. floating-point number
  8. floating-point numbers
  9. floating-point operation
  10. floating-point operations
  11. floating-point unit

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