mantissa

Borrowed from Latin mantissa, mantīsa, of unknown origin (said by Festus to be a loanword from Etruscan, but it may actually be from Celtic,^[1] possibly through Etruscan mediation).

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mantissa (plural mantissas or mantissae)

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

   Synonym: significand

The use of mantissa to refer to significant digits in a floating point number or scientific notation is discouraged by some in favor of significand, due to earlier distinct usage for the logarithm. It remains in widespread use in the US, however.

• common logarithm § Mantissa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• significand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Satanism, Satnamis, amastins, satanism, staminas

Internationalism (see English mantissa), ultimately from Latin mantissa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑntisːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑntisːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): man‧tis‧sa

mantissa

1. (mathematics) mantissa (decimal part of a logarithm)

• “mantissa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

From Latin mantissa, mantīsa.

• IPA^(key): /manˈtis.sa/
• Rhymes: -issa
• Hyphenation: man‧tìs‧sa

mantissa f (plural mantisse)

1. (mathematics) mantissa (part of a logarithm after the decimal point)

mantissa

1. genitive/dative singular of mantin (“counsellor”)

mantissa f (plural mantissas)

1. (mathematics) mantissa (part of a logarithm after the decimal point)