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Noun: floating-point notation
  1. A radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; in the floating-point representation system, 0.0012 is represented as 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent
    - floating-point representation system

Type of: mathematical notation

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