浮ふ動どう小しょう数すう点てん

noun

floating point

Computing term for a numerical representation that can handle a wide range of values by using a mantissa and exponent.

• 浮ふ動どう小しょう数すう点てん演えん算ざんは科か学がく計けい算さんでよく使つかわれる。

  Floating-point arithmetic is often used in scientific computing.