digit.
A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
Meaning & usage
A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
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.
A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system.
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.
¹⁄₁₂ 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.
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.
Synonym of inch.
A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
Synonym of degree: ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle.
Synonym of manicule.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-der.? Latin digitusbor. Middle English digit English digit Inherited from Middle English digit, borrowed from Latin digitus. Doublet of digitus and dedo.
To point at or point out with the finger.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-der.? Latin digitusbor. Middle English digit English digit Inherited from Middle English digit, borrowed from Latin digitus. Doublet of digitus and dedo.
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