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Digit
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- 1 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."
- 2 a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates wordnet
- 3 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."
- 4 the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure wordnet
- 5 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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- 6 one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration wordnet
- 7 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. historical
- 8 Synonym of inch. obsolete
- 9 A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
"Jai grabbed Andrew’s shoulders with the same three digits he had used to grab the ancient doubter’s skull and spun him around."
- 10 Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
"The ruminants have the cloven foot, i.e. two hoofed digits on each foot."
- 11 Synonym of degree: ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle. obsolete, rare
- 12 Synonym of manicule.
- 1 To point at or point out with the finger. archaic, transitive
Etymology
From Middle English digit, from Latin digitus (“a finger; a number”). Doublet of digitus and dedo.
From Middle English digit, from Latin digitus (“a finger; a number”). Doublet of digitus and dedo.
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