Term: significant digit: any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value)
Candidate hypernym: digit: one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration → 1
Candidate hypernym: carol: joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ → 0
Candidate hypernym: american larch: medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark → 0
Candidate hypernym: santee: the Siouan language spoken by the Santee → 0
Candidate hypernym: alsatian: a native or inhabitant of Alsace → 0
Candidate hypernym: neritid: operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell → 0
Candidate hypernym: codger: used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man → 0
Candidate hypernym: equilibrium law: (chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction → 0
Candidate hypernym: arawak: a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America → 0
Candidate hypernym: chickenpox: an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body → 0
Candidate hypernym: preserve: a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone → 0