a 32-bit integer representing an IEEE 754 single-precision float
Word description Creates a 32-bit binary representation of a float object. This can be used in the process of writing a float to a stream. NaNs preserve their sign and the most significant 23 payload bits, including the signaling bit. A payload that would become zero is replaced with one so that the result remains a NaN. All binary32 NaN encodings round-trip through bits>float and this word.