floating-point number

English

Noun

floating-point number (plural floating-point numbers)

1. A number written in the form a × b^c, e.g. 3.75 × 10³ (a being the mantissa, b, the base and c, the exponent).
2. (computing) 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.

Translations

number written in the form a × b^c

• Finnish: liukuluku (fi)
• Norwegian: flyttall n
• Polish: liczba zapisana w notacji wykładniczej f

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 浮点数 (zh) (fúdiǎnshù), 浮點數／浮点数 (zh) (fúdiǎnshù)

• Dutch: vlottende kommagetal n
• Finnish: liukuluku (fi)
• French: flottant (fr) m, float (fr) m, nombre flottant m
• Georgian: მცურავწერტილიანი რიცხვი (mcuravc̣erṭiliani ricxvi)
• German: Float n
• Icelandic: hlaupakommutala f
• Japanese: 浮動小数点数 (ふどうしょうすうてんすう, fudō shōsūten sū)
• Norwegian: flyttall n
• Polish: liczba zmiennoprzecinkowa f
• Portuguese: float (pt) m
• Swedish: flyttal n

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Translations to be checked

• German: Gleitkommazahl (de) f, Fließkommazahl (de) f, Gleitpunktzahl f