digit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭ'jĭt
ipa: /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪt/
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt
Forms: form: digits
Etymology: From Middle English digit, from Latin digitus (“a fingerbreadth; a number”). Doublet of digitus and dedo.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
text: 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.
ref: 2017 October 24, “DIGITAL MULTIMETER M-1000E”, in Elenco, page 4:
topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: word: place
word: figure
alt: informal, usually in discussion of money
glosses: A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
examples: text: 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.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system.
examples: text: A six-digit eclipse covers half the lunar surface.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
units-of-measure
synonyms: word: finger
alt: obsolete
glosses: ¹⁄₁₂ the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly) as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.
topics: units-of-measure
synonyms: finger
fingerbreadth
fingersbreadth
glosses: 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.
topics: units-of-measure
glosses: Synonym of inch.
synonyms: word: inch
examples: text: Jai grabbed Andrew’s shoulders with the same three digits he had used to grab the ancient doubter’s skull and spun him around.
ref: 2018, Shiv Kotecha, The Switch, United States: Wonder, →ISBN, page 144:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
examples: text: The ruminants have the cloven foot, i.e. two hoofed digits on each foot.
ref: 1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of degree: ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle.
synonyms: word: degree
extra: ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle
glosses: Synonym of manicule.
synonyms: word: manicule
Hyponyms: sense: position in a sequence of numerals, symbol in a positional number system
word: bit
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of length
word: palm
sense: unit of length
word: span
sense: unit of length
word: handspan
sense: unit of length
word: cubit
sense: unit of length
word: fathom
Derived terms: word: binary digit
word: binit
word: check digit
word: digital
word: digit counter
word: digit I
word: digitiform
word: digitize
word: digitless
word: digitlike
word: digit number
word: digit pulse
word: digit sum
word: double-digit
word: double digits
word: first digit
word: hexit
word: index digit
word: interdigit
word: lung-digit syndrome
word: monodigit
word: multidigit
word: nepit
word: oculodigitoesophagoduodenal
word: repdigit
word: significant digit
word: single-digit salute
word: trit
Related terms: digits