FLOATING-POINT NOTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does floating-point notation mean? 

• FLOATING-POINT NOTATION (noun)
  The noun FLOATING-POINT NOTATION has 1 sense:

1. a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; in the floating-point representation system, 0.0012 is represented as 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent

  Familiarity information: FLOATING-POINT NOTATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOATING-POINT NOTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; in the floating-point representation system, 0.0012 is represented as 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent

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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

floating-point notation; floating-point representation system

Hypernyms ("floating-point notation" is a kind of...):

mathematical notation (a notation used by mathematicians)