significant figure (English, noun)
expansion: significant figure (plural significant figures)
Senses:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement; that is, excluding any leading zeroes, trailing rounding or placeholder zeroes, and non-zero digits not warranted by the accuracy of a derivation or measurement.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see significant, figure.
Forms:
form: significant figures
tags: plural