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floating-point numbers

floating-point numbers is the plural of floating-point number.

Meaning of floating-point number

Noun

floating-point number (plural floating-point numbers)

  1. A number written in the form a × bᶜ, e.g. 3.75 × 10³ (a being the mantissa, b, the base and c, the exponent).
  2. A real number held as a pair of integers, one representing the mantissa and the other representing the exponent. The base is normally 10, 16 or 256 depending on the computing system.

Questions about floating-point numbers

What is floating-point numbers the plural of?
Floating-point numbers is the plural of floating-point number.

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