digit
verbEtymology From Middle English digit, from Latin digitus (“a finger; a number”). Doublet of digitus and dedo.
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Archaic To point at or point out with the finger.
digit
noun/ˈdɪd͡ʒɪt/
Etymology From Middle English digit, from Latin digitus (“a finger; a number”). Doublet of digitus and dedo.
9 senses
- 1A position in a sequence of numerals representing a…
- 2A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a…
- 3¹⁄₁₂ the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly)…
- 4A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an…
- 5Synonym of inch.
- 6A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger…
- 7Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
- 8Synonym of degree: ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle.
- 9Synonym of manicule.
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Mathematics, Sciences A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
- The base-10 number 123.4 has four digits: the hundreds digit is 1, the tens digit is 2, the units digit is 3, and the tenths digit is 4.
- This meter is a 3½ digit digital multimeter that is rugged, reliable and convenient to use, while providing all of the accuracy and features needed for any application.2017 October 23, “DIGITAL MULTIMETER M-1000E”, in Elenco, page 4:
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Mathematics, Sciences A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system.
- Hexadecimal numeration (Base sixteen) includes the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 but also A (=10 decimal), B, C, D, E, and F. Sixteen itself is written as the two-digit number 10.
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Astronomy, Natural sciences, Units of measure ¹⁄₁₂ the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly) as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.
- A six-digit eclipse covers half the lunar surface.
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Units of measure Historical A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, (especially) the English digit of ¹⁄₁₆ foot, now equivalent to about 1.9 cm.
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Units of measure Obsolete Synonym of inch.
- Jai grabbed Andrew’s shoulders with the same three digits he had used to grab the ancient doubter’s skull and spun him around.2018, Shiv Kotecha, The Switch, United States: Wonder, →ISBN, page 144:
- The ruminants have the cloven foot, i.e. two hoofed digits on each foot.1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:
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Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences Obsolete, Rare Synonym of degree: ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle.
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Synonym of manicule.
- Derived terms
31 terms
binary digit, binit, check digit, digital, digit counter, digit I, digitiform, digit IV, digitize, digitless, digitlike, digit number, digit pulse, digit sum, digit trunk, double-digit, double digits, first digit, fourth digit, hexit, index digit, interdigit, lung-digit syndrome, monodigit, multidigit, nepit, oculodigitoesophagoduodenal, repdigit, significant digit, single-digit salute, trit- Related terms
- digits
- Hyponyms
- bit