Significand

The significand^[1] (also coefficient,^[1] sometimes argument, or more ambiguously mantissa,^[2] fraction,^[3]^[4]^{[nb 1]} or characteristic^[5]^[2]) is the first (left) part of a number in scientific notation or related concepts in floating-point representation, consisting of its significant digits. Depending on the interpretation of the exponent, the significand may represent an integer or a fractional number.

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