floating-point number

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floating-point number

noun floating-point numbers

A number written in the form a × bᶜ, e.g. 3.75 × 10³ (a being the mantissa, b, the base and c, the exponent).
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.
Opposite: fixed-point number

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

日本語	浮動小数点数 fudō shōsūten sū
中文	浮点数 fúdiǎnshù, 浮點數 /浮点数 fúdiǎnshù
Português	float
Français	flottant, float, nombre flottant
Deutsch	Float

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@misc{floating_point_number_2026,
  title = {floating-point number},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/floating-point%20number},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}