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S vs Mantissa - What's the difference?

s | mantissa |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun mantissa is

(obsolete) a minor addition to a text.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    mantissa

    English

    Noun

    (mantissae)
  • (obsolete) A minor addition to a text.
  • (mathematics) The part of a common logarithm after the decimal point, the fractional part of a logarithm.
  • (mathematics, computing, proscribed) The significand; that part of a floating-point number or number in scientific notation that contains its significant digits.

    • Usage notes

    The use of mantissa to refer to significant digits in a floating point number or scientific notation is discouraged by some in favor of significand, due to earlier distinct usage for the logarithm. It remains in widespread use in the US, however.

    Anagrams

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    References

    English terms derived from Etruscan ----