digit
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Noun (3)digits
- one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration“0 and 1 are digits”Synonyms: figureType of integer, whole numberKinds one, two, three, four, zero, nine, six, five, seven, eight +6 more
- the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measureSynonyms: fingerfingerbreadthfinger's breadthType of linear unit, linear measure
- a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebratesSynonyms: dactylType of extremity, appendageKinds finger, toe, minimusPart of vertebrate, craniateParts phalanx, nail
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. digitus finger; prob. akin to Gr. δάκτυλος, of uncertain origin; possibly akin to E. toe. Cf. Dactyl.
1. Zoology One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.
The ruminants have the “cloven foot,” i. e., two hoofed digits on each foot.— Richard Owen
2. A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch.
3. Mathematics One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; — so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing.
☞ By some authorities the symbol 0 is not included with the digits.
4. Anatomy One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; — a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk.
To point at or out with the finger. rare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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