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Mantissa
For the traditional use of the word
mantissa
in
mathematics
, see
common logarithm
.
For a more modern use of the word
mantissa
, especially within the context of
floating-point numbers
, see
significand
.
The original (now archaic), non-mathematical meaning of
mantissa
is a minor addition or supplement, e.g. to a text.
Mantissa
is also a
novel
by
John Fowles
.
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