Full Definition of DRAGONFLY. : any of a suborder (Anisoptera) of odonate insects that are larger and stouter than damselflies, hold the wings horizontal in repose, and have rectal gills during the naiad stage; broadly: odonate.See dragonfly defined for English-language learners.See dragonfly defined for kids. any of a suborder (Anisoptera) of odonate insects that are larger and stouter than damselflies, hold the wings horizontal in repose, and have rectal gills during the naiad stage; broadly: odonate. See dragonfly defined for English-language learners. See dragonfly defined for kids.
The value of this constant is positive 1.7976931348623157E+308. The result of an operation that exceeds Double.MaxValue is Double.PositiveInfinity. In the following example, Double.PositiveInfinity results from addition, multiplication, and exponentiation operations when the result exceeds Double.MaxValue.
A double is an IEEE754 double-precision floating point number, similar to a float but with a larger range and precision. IEEE754 single precision numbers have 32 bits (1 sign, 8 exponent and 23 mantissa bits) while double precision numbers have 64 bits (1 sign, 11 exponent and 52 mantissa bits).