fixed-point notation

1. 1.

   a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention

   Synonymsfixed-point representation system

   Broadermathematical notation

Questions about fixed-point notation

What does fixed-point notation mean?

fixed-point notation means "a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention".

What is another word for fixed-point notation?

Close synonyms include fixed-point representation system. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fixed-point notation a common word?

fixed-point notation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.