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floating point

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables
float-ing -point
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a number, written in two parts as a mantissa (also called significand, the value of the significant digits) and characteristic (order of magnitude / the power of a number base) e.g. 0.314159 × 10¹.

adj

Of the internal representation of such a number as a pair of integers.

Inflected Forms

floating-point (alternative)

Phrases

floating point operation

Frequently Paired Words

FLOP FLOPS

Antonyms

fixed point

Questions

What does floating point mean?
Of a number, written in two parts as a mantissa (also called significand, the value of the significant digits) and characteristic (order of magnitude / the power of a number base) e.g. 0.314159 × 10¹.

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