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  1. In mathematics, the decimal part of a
  2. logarithm. For example, the logarithm of
  3. 347.6 is 2.5411; in this case, the 0.5411 is
  4. the mantissa, and the integral (whole number)
  5. part of the logarithm, the 2, is the
  6. characteristic.
  7.