💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Significant figure"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| significant digitnoun | (mathematics) Synonym of significant figure. |
| precisionnoun | (loosely) The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate. |
| mantissanoun | (mathematics, computing) The significand; that part of a floating-point number or number in scientific notation that contains its significant digits. |
| figurate numbernoun | (mathematics, number theory) A number equal to the number of dots in a geometric figure formed of dots. The series begins with unity and is formed so that subtracting each from the following, and treating the series so formed in the same way, by a continuation of the process, yields equal differences. |
| bignumnoun | (by extension, computing slang) A very large number. |
| fixed pointnoun | (mathematics) A value which is unchanged by a function or other mapping. Formally: a value x for which f(x)=x. |
| whole numbernoun | (mathematics) A positive integer or zero. |
| scientific notationnoun | (mathematics) a method of writing, or of displaying real numbers as a decimal number between 1 and 10 followed by an integer power of 10 |
| valuenoun | The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth. |
| radix pointnoun | (mathematics) The character used to separate the integer and fractional part of a number in a digital representation of a number, regardless of the base used. |
| signumnoun | A sign, mark, or symbol. |
| infinitesimal | Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small. |
| natural numbernoun | (mathematics) A positive integer {1, 2, 3, ...}. |
| digit sumnoun | (mathematics, of a positive integer) The sum of all digits. |
| real numbernoun | (computing) A floating-point number. |
| positive zeronoun | (computing) A signed magnitude representation of zero in which the sign bit indicates a positive number. |
| abbreviated numbernoun | A number which has had significant figures omitted beyond a certain point to make calculations easier; rounded number. |
| floating-point numbernoun | (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. |
| integernoun | (arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}. |
| signum functionnoun | (mathematics) The function that determines the sign of a real number, yielding −1 if negative, +1 if positive, or otherwise zero. |
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