Mantissa
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- The mantissa is the significandSignificandThe significand is part of a floating-point number, consisting of its significant digits. Depending on the interpretation of the exponent, the significand may represent an integer or a fraction.-Examples:...
in a common logarithmCommon logarithmThe common logarithm is the logarithm with base 10. It is also known as the decadic logarithm, named after its base. It is indicated by log10, or sometimes Log with a capital L...
or floating-point number. - Metaphorically, it is the part of the self that eludes conscious awareness or self-understanding.
- (noun) An addition of little importance.
Mantissa may also refer to:
- Mantissa (band)Mantissa (band)Mantissa is a heavy rock band formed as Killing Time. Killing Time formed in Melbourne, the band comprised Adam Pringle, Nina Grant, Chris Paine, Jed Starr and Tubby Wadsworth. In 1991, they started to gain a following and after a bidding war were signed to Polydor. Their first release, Ruby's...
- Mantissa (novel)Mantissa (novel)Mantissa is a novel by British author John Fowles published in 1982. It consists entirely of a presumably imaginary dialogue in a writer's head between himself and an embodiment of the Muse Erato, after he wakes an amnesiac in a hospital bed....
, a 1982 novel by John Fowles - Mantissa CollegeMantissa CollegeMantissa College is a private college established in 1999 with approval from the Malaysian Ministry of Education . It is located in the prime area of Taman Tun Dr Ismail which has won the most tidy and beautiful housing estate title in Kuala Lumpur for three consecutive years from 2004-2006...