floating-point number

English

Noun

floating-point number (plural floating-point numbers)

1. A number written in the form a x b^c e.g. 3.75 x 10³.
   • a is the mantissa, b is the base and c is the exponent.
2. (computing) A real number held as a pair of integers, one representing the mantissa and the other representing the exponent. The base is normally 10, 16 or 256 depending on the computing system.

Translations

number of the form a x b^c

• Finnish: liukuluku (fi)
• Norwegian: flyttall n
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• Polish: liczba zapisana w notacji wykładniczej f

computing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 浮点数 (zh) (fúdiǎnshù)

• Finnish: liukuluku (fi)
• Georgian: მცურავწერტილიანი რიცხვი (mcuravc̣erṭiliani ricxvi)
• Icelandic: hlaupakommutala f
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• Japanese: 浮動小数点数 (ふどうしょうすうてんすう, fudō shōsūten sū)
• Norwegian: flyttall n
• Polish: liczba zmiennoprzecinkowa f
• Swedish: flyttal n

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Translations to be checked

• German: Gleitkommazahl (de) f, Fließkommazahl (de) f, Gleitpunktzahl f
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