Mantissa can mean:

• (According to the Oxford English Dictionary) "an addition of comparatively small importance, esp. The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) published by the Oxford University Press (OUP is a comprehensive Dictionary of the English to a text or discourse; a supplement"
• The fractional part (i. e. the part after the separator) of a common logarithm. In a positional Numeral system, the decimal separator is a Symbol used to mark the boundary between the integral and the fractional The common logarithm is the Logarithm with base 10 It is also known as the decadic logarithm, named after its base
• The "fraction part" (part after the separator) of the coefficient of floating-point numbers and normalized numbers in scientific notation. In a positional Numeral system, the decimal separator is a Symbol used to mark the boundary between the integral and the fractional In Computing, floating point describes a system for numerical representation in which a string of digits (or Bits represents a Real number. Scientific notation, also sometimes known as standard form or as exponential notation, is a way of writing numbers that accommodates values too large or small to be Consisting of the decimal point and the figures following it: the mantissa of 2. 4771 is . 4771 [Latin: something added]Also, see significand. The significand (also Coefficient or Mantissa) is the part of a floating-point number that contains its significant digits

Mantissa can also refer to:

• Mantissa is also a novel by John Fowles. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story John Robert Fowles ( March 31, 1926 &ndash November 5, 2005) was an English Novelist and Essayist.
• Mantissa is the name of a loose collection of ships which initially formed the base of the Yuhl/Goehl species/civilization in the Orphans of Earth Trilogy by Shawn Williams and Shane Dix. Shane Dix is an Australian Science fiction Author best known for his collaborative work with Sean Williams in the Star Wars:
• Mantissa Corporation is a manufacturing company located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Specializing in Tilt Tray sorters typically used in distribution centers, internet and mail order centers, postal centers and airports for baggage handling.
• Mantissa Corporation is the name of a software development company specializing in products for datacenter management and optimization. A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components such as telecommunications and storage systems Founded in 1980, the company is currently headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, with a subsidiary located in the United Kingdom along with representative agents in South Africa, Norway, Italy, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Singapore South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː
• Mantissa is also the name of an early nineties Australian rock/metal band, formed by members of alternative/rock band Killing Time following that group's demise. Mantissa released one LP which attained limited distribution.

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