floating-point number

English

Noun

floating-point number (plural floating-point numbers)

1. A number written in the form a × b^c, e.g. 3.75 × 10³ (a being the mantissa, b, the base and c, 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.

   Antonym: fixed-point number

Hypernyms

• number

Translations

number written in the form a × b^c

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

computing: real number held as a pair of integers, representing the mantissa and the exponent

Chinese: Mandarin: 浮点数 (zh) (fúdiǎnshù), 浮點數 / 浮点数 (zh) (fúdiǎnshù) Dutch: vlottendekommagetal n Finnish: liukuluku (fi) French: flottant (fr) m, float (fr) m, nombre flottant m Georgian: მცურავწერტილიანი რიცხვი (mcuravc̣erṭiliani ricxvi) German: Float n Icelandic: hlaupakommutala f 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 Portuguese: float (pt) m Swedish: flyttal n

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