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digit meaning

EN[ˈdɪdʒɪt] [-ɪdʒɪt]
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WDigit
  • Digit may refer to:
  • Digit (anatomy), one of several most distal parts of a limb—fingers, thumbs, and toes on hands and feet
  • Numerical digit, as used in mathematics or computer science
  • Dit or digit, synonym of Ban (unit), a unit of information entropy
  • Digit (unit), an ancient measurement unit
  • Phone number, slang as digit, as in "Let me get your digits so I can call you tonight."
  • Digit (magazine), an Indian information technology magazine
  • digits dancing, a type of gestural, interpretive, rave and urban street dance

    Definition of digit in English Dictionary

  • NounPLdigits
    1. A finger or toe.
      1. A numeral that can be combined with others to write larger numbers, and that cannot itself be split into other numerals.
        1. The digits of the decimal number system are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, and those in the hexadecimal number system are those in the decimal system along with A, B, C, D, E and F.
        2. The number 2307 has four digits: the thousands digit is 2; the hundreds digit is 3; the tens digit is 0; and the units digit is 7.
      2. (slang, in the plural) One's phone number.
        1. That girl likes me — she gave me her digits.
      3. (archaic) A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three quarters of an inch.
        1. (astronomy) A twelfth of the diameter of the Sun or Moon; used to express the quantity of an eclipse.
          1. An eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk.
      4. VerbSGdigitsPRdigitingPT, PPdigited
        1. (transitive) To point at or point out with the finger.
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • To find the first digit in a positive number, stringify it and take the first character.
            • Our data show that the degradation is injury specific given that no degradation was seen in the unamputated digits subjected to HBO treatment [ …]
            • We then classify the MNIST digits according to the magnitude of their dogness, horseness, planeness and carness qualities, illustrating the generality of qualitative projection.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Nouns
            • Countable nouns
            • Verbs
              • Transitive verbs
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            1. en digits
            2. en digital
            3. fr digital
            4. en digitalis
            5. en digited
            Source: Wiktionary

            Meaning of digit for the defined word.

            Grammatically, this word "digit" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.
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