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significand

significand noun: the part of a floating-point number that contains its significant digits.

Noun

significand (plural significands)

  1. The part of a floating-point number that contains its significant digits.

Synonyms of significand

Forms of significand

pluralsignificands

Questions about significand

What does significand mean?
Significand means the part of a floating-point number that contains its significant digits.
What part of speech is significand?
Significand is a noun.
What is the plural of significand?
The plural of significand is significands.

Words near significand in the dictionary

  1. significance level
  2. significance levels
  3. significances
  4. significancies
  5. significancy
  6. significand
  7. significands
  8. significant
  9. significant digit
  10. significant digits
  11. significant figure

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