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floating-point representation system
noun
1 floating-point representation system
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.
synonym: floating-point notation.
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