fixed-point part

1. 1.

   the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808

   Synonymsmantissa

   Broaderfraction

Questions about fixed-point part

What does fixed-point part mean?

fixed-point part means "the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808".

What is another word for fixed-point part?

Close synonyms include mantissa. 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 part a common word?

fixed-point part 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.