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floating-point

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "floating-point" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables

14 characters

English (US)

2syllables

floating-point

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floating-point is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, floating-point is hyphenated as:

Definitions offloating-point

1adjective

Of a number, written in two parts as a mantissa (also called significand, the value of the significant digits) and characteristic (order of magnitude / the power of a number base) e.g. 0.314159 × 101.
Of the internal representation of such a number as a pair of integers.

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