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digit
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digit (plural digits)

  1. (mathematics) The whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic numerals representing them, which are combined to represent base-ten numbers.
    ''The 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. (mathematics) A distinct symbol representing one of an arithmetic progression of numbers between 0 and the radix.
    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.
  3. (units of measure, astronomy) frac 1 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.
  4. (historical units of measure) 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 frac 1 foot (about 1.9 cm).
  5. (units of measure, obsolete) Synonym of inch#English|inch.
  6. (anatomy) A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
  7. (zoology) Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
    • The ruminants have the cloven foot, i.e. two hoofed digits on each foot.
  8. (geometry, rare, obsolete) Synonym of degree#English|degree: frac 1 of a circle.
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digit (digits, present participle digiting; past and past participle digited)

  1. (transitive) To point at or point out with the finger.


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