Mantissa
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- For the traditional use of the word mantissa in mathematics, see common logarithm.
- For a more modern use of the word mantissa, especially within the context of floating-point numbers, see significand.
- The original (now archaic), non-mathematical meaning of mantissa is a minor addition or supplement, e.g. to a text.
- Mantissa is also a novel by John Fowles.
- Mantissa is the name of a loose collection of ships which initially formed the base of the Yuhl/Goehl species/civilization in the Orphans of Earth Trilogy by Shawn Williams and Shane Dix.