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Significand vs Significate - What's the difference?

significand | significate | Related terms |

Significand is a related term of significate.


As nouns the difference between significand and significate

is that significand is that part of a floating-point number that contains its significant digits while significate is (logic) one of several things signified by a common term.

significand

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • that part of a floating-point number that contains its significant digits.

    • Synonyms

    * mantissa * coefficient

    See also

    * exponent

    significate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (logic) One of several things signified by a common term.
    • (Whately)

    Related terms

    * significand * signified (Webster 1913) ----