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floating point

floating point adjective: 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.

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.

floating point meaning in Tamil

floating point in Tamil

மிதவைப்புள்ளி

Antonyms of floating point

Forms of floating point

alternative formfloating-point

Words formed from floating point

Questions about floating point

What does floating point mean?
Floating point means 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.
What is floating point in Tamil?
Floating point in Tamil is மிதவைப்புள்ளி. See Floating point meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is floating point?
Floating point is an adjective.

Words near floating point in the dictionary

  1. floating lights
  2. floating market
  3. floating markets
  4. floating on air
  5. floating panel
  6. floating point
  7. floating point operation
  8. floating point operations
  9. floating point processor
  10. floating point processors
  11. floating rate

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