significands
significands is the plural of significand.
Meaning of significand
Noun
significand (plural significands)
- The part of a floating-point number that contains its significant digits.
- Synonyms:
- mantissa, coefficient, argument, fraction
Questions about significands
- What is significands the plural of?
- Significands is the plural of significand.
Words near significands in the dictionary
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