different between exponent vs mantissa

English

Etymology

From Latin exp?n?ns, present participle of exp?n? (“to expose; to exhibit, display, set out; to explain”), from ex- (“out, away”) + p?n? (“to lay, place, put”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?sp??n?nt/, /?k?ksp??n?nt/
• (General American) enPR: ?k'sp?n?nt, IPA^(key): /??kspo?n?nt/
• Hyphenation: ex?po?nent

Noun

exponent (plural exponents)

1. One who expounds, represents or advocates.
2. (mathematics) The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the ${\displaystyle 3}$ in ${\displaystyle 2^{3}=8}$.

   Synonym: power

3. (mathematics, obsolete) The degree to which the root of a radicand is found, for example, the ${\displaystyle 2}$ in ${\displaystyle {\sqrt[{2}]{r}}=b}$.

   Synonyms: degree, power
4. (linguistics) A manifestation of a morphosyntactic property.
5. (computing) The part of a floating-point number that represents its exponent value.

Coordinate terms

• (computing): significand, mantissa

Derived terms

Related terms

• expone
• expose
• expound

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??kspon?nt]

Noun

exponent m

1. (mathematics) exponent (the power to which something is raised)

   Synonym: mocnitel

See also

• mantisa

Related terms

• See póza

Further reading

• exponent in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• exponent in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Verb

exp?nent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of exp?n?

Swedish

Noun

exponent c

1. (mathematics) exponent

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mantissa, mant?sa, of unknown origin (said by Festus to be a loanword from Etruscan, but it may actually be from Celtic, possibly through Etruscan mediation).

Noun

mantissa (plural mantissas or mantissae)

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

   Synonym: significand

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.

Translations

Further reading

• common logarithm § Mantissa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• significand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Satanism, Satnamis, amastins, satanism, staminas

Finnish

Noun

mantissa

1. (mathematics) mantissa (decimal part of a logarithm)

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mantissa, mant?sa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man?tis.sa/

Noun

mantissa f (plural mantisse)

1. (mathematics) mantissa (part of a logarithm after the decimal point)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

mantissa f (plural mantissas)

1. (mathematics) mantissa (part of a logarithm after the decimal point)