to float
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- verb
- /floʊt/
- Specialized
:
convertir a coma flotante
- I can say something like float, open paren, close paren.
- floating-point
- floating-point numbers
- floating-point arithmetic
Examples
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And I'll seed it by saying, you know what, go ahead and use get float to get the input.
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The performance of Java programs depends on the density of their floating-point operations.
Academic text (1999) -
Additional new instructions allow more efficient conversion of a floating-point value to an integer value.
Academic text (1994) -
New instructions provide performance opportunities: quad-word floating-point storage references, square root, and convert to integer.
Academic text (1994) -
To convert the integer to a floating-point number, use the float function in your code.
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The program will float the user input to ensure it can handle decimal numbers correctly.
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In programming, you can float the variable by calling the appropriate conversion method.
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
An emergency raft on a ship for people to use if they must leave at sea
A position for floating face down in the water with arms stretched forward to rest and breathe
- Specialized
A device with a float that rests on collected rain to measure how much falls
- Specialized
A tool that measures rain using a float on the top of the collected water
- Specialized
A flat hand tool with a handle used to smooth wet wall material like plaster or cement
Surface Forms
Etymology
In computing, to float a number means to change it into a 'floating' form where the decimal point can move, and the name comes from the idea of the decimal point being able to 'float' or move, like flotan 'to float'.