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05-14-2023-1946 - The significand[1] (also mantissa[2] or coefficient,[1] sometimes also argument, or ambiguously fraction[3][4][nb 1] or characteristic[5][2])

The significand[1] (also mantissa[2] or coefficient,[1] sometimes also argument, or ambiguously fraction[3][4][nb 1] or characteristic[5][2]) is part of a number in scientific notation or in floating-point representation, consisting of its significant digits. Depending on the interpretation of the exponent, the significand may represent an integer or a fraction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significand

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