Word: mantissas
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: man
ti
ssas
Definition: Plural of mantissa; the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808
Morphemes:
Affix: mantissa
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The part of a common logarithm after the decimal point, the fractional part of a logarithm.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mantissa
Language: la
Decoded: mantissa
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The part of a common logarithm after the decimal point, the fractional part of a logarithm.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.