 | William Henry Dooley - 1915 - 366 pągines
...between 10 and 100 is a number between 1 and 2, and is, therefore, 1 plus a decimal. The whole number 1 is called the characteristic, and the decimal part is called the mantissa. In like manner, the log of a number between 100 and 1000 is 2 plus a decimal, for 102 = 100 and 10s... | |
 | Ernest Brown Skinner - 1917 - 288 pągines
...found to be approximately .4116. We may then write log 258 = 2.4116. The integral part of a logarithm is called the characteristic, and the decimal part is called the mantissa. that the mantissa is positive. For example, it is known that approximately, log .025 = -1.6021. When... | |
 | Alfred Monroe Kenyon, William Vernon Lovitt - 1917 - 384 pągines
...number of places; thus log 426 = 2.6294 to four decimal places. The integral part of the logarithm, is called the characteristic and the decimal part is called the mantissa. In log 426, the characteristic is 2 and the mantissa is .6294. For convenience in computing it is desirable... | |
 | Julius Lederer Neufeld - 1920 - 412 pągines
...to simplify and systematize arithmetic, algebra and trigonometry. The integral part of the logarithm is called the characteristic, and the decimal part is called the mantissa of the logarithm. Since the log 1=0 and log 10 = 1, the logarithms of the numbers between 1 and 10... | |
 | Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation - 1921 - 184 pągines
...the number divided by the number expressing the degree of the root. The integral part of a logarithm is called the characteristic, and the decimal part is called .the mantissa. The characteristic of a logarithm of any number greater than unity is positive and is one less than... | |
 | Henry Lewis Rietz, Arthur Robert Crathorne, J. Charles Rietz - 1921 - 304 pągines
...fractions. Thus, log 765 = 2.8837 correct to four decimal places. The integral part of a logarithm is called the characteristic and the decimal part is called the mantissa. In log 765, the characteristic is 2 and the mantissa is 0.8837. For convenience in constructing tables,... | |
 | William Raymond Longley, Harry Brooks Marsh - 1926 - 608 pągines
...10000 is 3 + a fraction. 10000 and 100000 is 4 + a fraction. Etc. The integral part - of the logarithm is called the characteristic and the decimal part is called the mantissa. The characteristic of a logarithm is always one less than the number of figures in the integral part... | |
 | Nels Johann Lennes, Archibald Shepard Merrill - 1928 - 300 pągines
...and even ten or more places. 44. Characteristic and mantissa. — The integral part of a logarithm is called the characteristic and the decimal part is called the mantissa. Thus, in the logarithm 3.78104, 3 is the characteristic, and .78104 is the mantissa. 45. Rule for characteristics.... | |
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The integral part of a logarithm is called the characteristic and the decimal part is called the mantissa. 
