floral cup
- n the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
floating-point notation
- n a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; in the floating-point representation system, 0.0012 is represented as 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent
floating-point number
- n a number represented in floating-point notation
floating-point operation
- n an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
floating-point representation system
- n a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; in the floating-point representation system, 0.0012 is represented as 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent
floating bridge
- n a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons
floating dock
- n dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised