Mantissa

Definition: Mantissa

Mantissa

Noun

1. The positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808.

Etymology: Mantissa \Man*tis*sa\, noun. [Latin expression, an addition, makeweight; of Tuscan origin.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Mantissa 1. The part of a floating point number which, when multiplied by its radix raised to the power of its exponent, gives its value. The mantissa may include the number's sign or this may be considered to be a separate part. 2. The fractional part of a logarithm. (1996-06-15). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
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Synonym: Mantissa

Synonym: fixed-point part (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Mantissa

English words defined with "mantissa": fixed-point part. (references)

Specialty definitions using "mantissa": floating-point ♦ printf ♦ TNXE6. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Mantissa (reference) Trade Tutor, Import-Export: Mantissa Computer Based Training (reference) (more book examples)
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"Mantissa" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 76.92% of the time. "Mantissa" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	76.92%	10	111,207
Noun (proper)	23.08%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	13	N/A

Language		Translations for "mantissa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		尾数. (various references)

Danish		mantisse (fixed-point part), fastkommadel (fixed-point part). (various references)

Dutch		mantisse (fixed-point part), vaste-komma-gedeelte (fixed-point part). (various references)

Finnish		mantissa (fixed-point part). (various references)

French		mantisse. (various references)

German		Mantisse (fixed-point part). (various references)

Greek		μέρος σταθερής υποδιαστολής (fixed-point part). (various references)

Hebrew		מ� טיס�". (various references)

Italian		mantissa (fixed-point part), parte frazionaria (fixed-point part, fractional part), parte a virgola fissa (fixed-point part), coefficiente (coefficient, factor, fixed-point part, index). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		仮数 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かすう (addend). (various references)

Korean		가수 (singer). (various references)

Manx		mantissey. (various references)

Pig Latin		antissamay

Portuguese		mantissa (fixed-point part). (various references)

Russian		мантисса (significand). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		mantisa, kazaljka (needle). (various references)

Spanish		mantisa (fixed-point part), parte en coma fija (fixed-point part). (various references)

Swedish		mantissa (fixed-point part, fractional part). (various references)

Turkish		mantis, logaritmanın ondalık kısmı. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "mantissa": mantissas. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Mantissa" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Macnissi, Manasa, mantids, mantisa, mantisse, matifsa, matissa, Mitsiwa, Munassar, muntasser, Rantisi. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "mantissa" (pronounced 'Man*tis*sa'): Abscissa, Amorosa, Annulosa, Ansa, Aporosa, Balsa, Bolsa, Bursa, Casa, Docoglossa, fossa, Foussa, Ganesa, Gloriosa, Glossa, Gymnoglossa, Hydromedusa, Impresa, Inclusa, Jossa, Juwansa, Keratosa, Lobosa, lyssa, margosa, Medusa, Melissa, mesa, mimosa, Missa, Musa, Nassa, Oquassa, Paraglossa, Physa, Potassa, Ptenoglossa, Raghuvansa, Reticulosa, Rhachiglossa, Rhipidoglossa, Rugosa, Saccoglossa, Sarsa, Sessa, Siliquosa, Tachyglossa, Taenioglossa, Toxoglossa, Ursa, Vanessa, Vibrissa. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: satanism, staminas.
	Words within the letters "a-a-i-m-n-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: santims, stamina, stasima.
	-2 letters: animas, atmans, maists, manats, manias, mantas, mantis, matins, saints, satins, stains.
	-3 letters: amain, amass, amias, amins, amiss, amnia, anima, antas, antis, assai, atman, atmas, mains, maist, manas, manat, mania, manta, massa, masts, matin, minas, mints, mists, sains, saint, sasin, satin, satis, simas, snits, stain, tains, tamis.
	-4 letters: aims, ains, aits, amas, amia, amin, amis, anas, anis, ansa, anta, anti, ants, atma, isms, main, mana, mans, mass, mast, mats, mina, mint, miss, mist, nims, nits, sain, sans, sati, sima, sims, sins, sits, smit, snit, tain, tams, tans, tass, tins.
	-5 letters: aas, aim, ain, ais, ait, ama, ami, ana, ani, ant, ass, ins, ism, its, man, mas, mat, mis, nam, nim, nit, sat, sim, sin, sis, sit, tam, tan, tas, tin, tis.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-i-m-n-s-s-t"
	+1 letter: antimasks, mainmasts, mainstays, mantissas, satanisms, shamanist, talismans.
	+2 letters: amiantuses, anatomises, anatomists, atonalisms, samaritans, shamanists, tarantisms.
	+3 letters: amativeness, anabaptisms, anastigmats, anastomosis, animateness, antagonisms, antifascism, antiracisms, fanaticisms, histaminase, magazinists, mainstreams, metanalysis, myasthenias, naturalisms, sanatoriums, sanitariums, shamanistic, squamations, thiaminases.
	+4 letters: accompanists, adoptianisms, anastomosing, antifascisms, antimacassar, antirealisms, antonomasias, assimilating, assimilation, avitaminoses, avitaminosis, disarmaments, glutaminases, histaminases, maidservants, manifestants, mastications, materialness, maternalisms, mistranslate, nationalisms, paternalisms, rationalisms, salvationism, sectarianism, somatostatin, standpattism, transaminase, transmittals, whatshisname.
	+5 letters: administrants, administrates, amativenesses, anecdotalisms, animatenesses, antiblackisms, antihumanisms, antimacassars, antispasmodic, appraisements, assimilations, bipartisanism, charlatanisms, compassionate, craftsmanship, desquamations, diamagnetisms, disclamations, draftsmanship, emasculations, factionalisms, fraternalisms, grantsmanship, gynecomastias, inanimateness, maladroitness, malversations, masturbations, metastasizing, microanalysts, misdemeanants, mistranslated, mistranslates, onomasticians, planetesimals, salvationisms, sectarianisms, somatostatins, standpattisms, statesmanlike, statesmanship, stationmaster, transaminases, transmigrates, unassimilated, unitarianisms, watermanships.
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