- mantissa (n.)
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[mantissa 词源字典] - decimal part of a logarithm, 1865, from Latin mantisa "a worthless addition, makeweight," perhaps a Gaulish word introduced into Latin via Etruscan (compare Old Irish meit, Welsh maint "size").[mantissa etymology, mantissa origin, 英语词源]