digit

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See also: dígit

English

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Etymology

From Middle English digit, from Latin digitus (“a fingerbreadth; a number”). Doublet of digitus and toe .

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dĭ'jĭt, IPA(key): /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt

Noun

The Egyptian hieroglyph for "digit" (ḏbꜥ, D50).

digit (plural digits)

  1. (mathematics) A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
    Synonyms: place; figure (informal, usually in discussion of money)
    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.
  2. (mathematics) 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.
  3. (units of measure, astronomy) 1⁄12 the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly) as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.
    Synonym: finger (obsolete)
    A six-digit eclipse covers half the lunar surface.
  4. (historical units of measure) 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.
    Synonyms: finger, fingerbreadth, fingersbreadth
  5. (units of measure, obsolete) Synonym of inch.
  7. (anatomy) A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
    Hyponyms: finger, thumb, toe
    • 2018, Shiv Kotecha, The Switch, United States: Wonder, →ISBN, page 144:
      Jai grabbed Andrew’s shoulders with the same three digits he had used to grab the ancient doubter’s skull and spun him around.
  8. (zoology) Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
    • 1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:
      The ruminants have the cloven foot, i.e. two hoofed digits on each foot.
  9. (geometry, rare, obsolete) Synonym of degree: 1⁄360 of a circle.

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Verb

digit (third-person singular simple present digits, present participle digiting, simple past and past participle digited)

  1. (transitive) To point at or point out with the finger.

References

  • "digit, n. and adj.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

French

Etymology

From English digit, from digitus.

Pronunciation

Noun

digit m (plural digits)

  1. digit (number from 0-9)

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digitus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdidʒit/, /ˈdidʒitus/

Noun

digit (plural digitys)

  1. digit (Arabic numeral)

Descendants

  • English: digit

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English digit, from Latin digitus (“a fingerbreadth; a number”). Doublet of deget.

Noun

digit m (plural digiți)

  1. digit

Declension

Declension of digit
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) digit digitul (niște) digiți digiții
genitive/dative (unui) digit digitului (unor) digiți digiților
vocative digitule digiților
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