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FRACTION is a negative number, and is one more tftan the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure.

Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry: With Practical Applications - Page 313
by Benjamin Greenleaf - 1862 - 490 pages
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The Annals of Mathematical Statistics, Volume 3

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...1.359 = 0.13322 b. For numbers less than unity, the characteristic is negative. It is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. Since the mantissa is positive, the negative sign is placed above the characteristic to show that it...

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