Associations to the word «Mantissa»

Wiktionary

MANTISSA, noun. (obsolete) A minor addition to a text.
MANTISSA, noun. (mathematics) The part of a common logarithm after the decimal point, the fractional part of a logarithm.
MANTISSA, noun. (mathematics) (computing) (proscribed) The significand; that part of a floating-point number or number in scientific notation that contains its significant digits.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.