floating-point notation

1. Floating-Point literals may also be represented using exponential notation: a real number followed by the letter e ( or E), followed by an optional plus or minus sign, followed by an integer exponent.
   此外，还可以使用指数记数法表示浮点型直接量，即实数后跟随字母e或E，后面加上正负号，其后再加一个整型指数。
2. To convert ( data) from fixed-point notation to floating-point notation.
   数表示转换为浮点数表示。

noun

1. a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix

   Synonym:    floating-point representation system