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mantissa
man·tis·sa [ man tíssə ] (plural man·tis·sas)


noun 
Definition:
 
fractional part of logarithm: the fractional part of a logarithm, to the right of the decimal point
[Mid-17th century. < Latin, "makeweight"]
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