 | William Frothingham Bradbury - 1877 - 280 sider
...negative integer and a positive fraction is merely a matter of convenience. The integral part of a logarithm is called the characteristic, and the decimal part the mantissa. Thus, the characteristic of the logarithm 3.1784 is 3, and the mantissa .1784. 242i The characteristic of... | |
 | James Henchie - 1878 - 176 sider
...logio 10" + logic N = n + logia N / N \ and logic ^ — -J = logic N - log„ 10" = logic N — n. The integral part of the logarithm is called the characteristic, and the decimal part the mantissa. p To illustrate what we have just statei, let the loga rithm of any number, say 3, be known, log 3... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1885 - 370 sider
...than 1 is positive, and the logarithm of a number less than 1, and greater than 0, is negative. 338. If a number is not an exact power of 10, its common...characteristic, and the decimal part the mantissa. For example, Iogl3= 1.1139. In this case the characteristic is 1, and the mantissa is .1139. 339. It... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1885 - 368 sider
...than 1 is positive, and the logarithm of a number less than 1, and greater than 0, is negative. 338. If a number is not an exact power of 10, its common...characteristic, and the decimal part the mantissa. For example, log 13 = 1.1139. In this case the characteristic is 1, and the mantissa is .1139. 339.... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1885 - 382 sider
...than 1 is positive, and the logarithm of a number less than 1, and greater than 0, is negative. 338. If a number is not an exact power of 10, its common...characteristic, and the decimal part the mantissa. For example, log 13 = 1.1139. In this case the characteristic is 1 , and the mantissa is . 1 139. 339.... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1887 - 200 sider
...number greater than 1 is positive, and that the logarithm of a number between 0 and 1 is negative. 83. If a number is not an exact power of 10, its common...characteristic, and the decimal part the mantissa. For example, log 13 = 1.1139. In this case the characteristic is 1, and the mantissa .1139. 84. It... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1887 - 158 sider
...number greater than 1 is positive, and that the logarithm of a number between 0 and 1 is negative. 83. If a number is not an exact power of 10, its common...characteristic, and the decimal part the mantissa. For example, log 13 = 1.1139. In this case the characteristic is 1, and the mantissa .1139. 84. It... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1889 - 584 sider
...number greater than 1 is positive, and that the logarithm of a number between 0 and 1 is negative. 399. If a number is not an exact power of 10, its common...characteristic, and the decimal part the mantissa. For example, log 13= 1.1139. In this case the characteristic of the logarithm is 1, and the mantissa... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury, Grenville C. Emery - 1889 - 428 sider
...negative integer and a positive fraction is merely a matter of convenience. The integral part of a logarithm is called the characteristic, and the decimal part the mantissa. Thus, the characteristic of the logarithm 3.1784 is 3, and the mantissa .1784. 374. The characteristic of... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1890 - 560 sider
...of a number greater than 1 is positive, and the logarithm of a number between 0 and 1 negative. 491. If a number is not an exact power of 10, its common...characteristic, and the decimal part the mantissa. For example, log 13 = 1.1139. In this case the characteristic is 1, and the mantissa .1139. For reasons... | |
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If a number is not an exact power of 10, its common logarithm can only be expressed approximately ; the integral part of the logarithm is called the characteristic, and the decimal part the mantissa. 
