Meaning Of The Word Mantissa

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mantissa in American English
the decimal part of a logarithm to base 10 as distinguished from the integral part (called the characteristic)
noun: the decimal part of a common logarithm

mantissa in British English
noun: the fractional part of a common logarithm representing the digits of the associated number but not its magnitude

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