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  2. Significant figures - Wikipedia

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    0.00034 has 2 significant figures (3 and 4) if the resolution is 0.00001. Zeros to the right of the last non-zero digit (trailing zeros) in a number with the decimal point are significant if they are within the measurement or reporting resolution. 1.200 has four significant figures (1, 2, 0, and 0) if they are allowed by the measurement resolution.

  3. Significand - Wikipedia

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    The number 123.45 can be represented as a decimal floating-point number with the integer 12345 as the significand and a 10 −2 power term, also called characteristics, [11] [12] [13] where −2 is the exponent (and 10 is the base). Its value is given by the following arithmetic: 123.45 = 12345 × 10 −2.

  4. Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points - Wikipedia

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    It can be read as one figure or two. [13] I did the first one in two pieces almost without intending to. But after I had done it, then the second one became a conscious idea. I realised what an advantage a separated two- piece composition could have in relating figures to landscape. Knees and breasts are mountains.

  5. List of two-dimensional geometric shapes - Wikipedia

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    2.2 Not composed of circular arcs. 3 See also. 4 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of two-dimensional geometric shapes. 4 languages.

  6. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    important or significant (n.) rank between captain and lieutenant colonel in the army and marines. (n.) a college/university student's main field of specialization ("his major is physics"); the student himself ("he is a physics major"); (v.) to pursue a major ("he majored in physics") (compare minor ; UK: compare read )

  7. Two-cent piece (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The piece was to be again of billon, and provision for the coin was included in early drafts of the Mint Act of 1837, but the proposal was dropped when Peale was able to show that the coin could be easily counterfeited. [3] 1836 pattern for the two-cent piece. Until 1857, the cent coin was a large copper piece, containing about its face value ...

  8. Approximation - Wikipedia

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    The results of computer calculations are normally an approximation expressed in a limited number of significant digits, although they can be programmed to produce more precise results. [3] Approximation can occur when a decimal number cannot be expressed in a finite number of binary digits.

  9. Rounding - Wikipedia

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    For example, rounding x = 2.1784 dollars to whole cents (i.e., to a multiple of 0.01) entails computing 2.1784 / 0.01 = 217.84, then rounding that to 218, and finally computing 218 × 0.01 = 2.18. When rounding to a predetermined number of significant digits , the increment m depends on the magnitude of the number to be rounded (or of the ...