digit

Plural: digits

Noun

• A finger or toe; a numerical symbol from 0 to 9.
• one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
  • "0 and 1 are digits"
• the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
• a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
• A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
• A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system.
• ¹⁄₁₂ the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly) as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.
• 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.

Verb

• To point at or point out with the finger.

Examples

• A six-digit eclipse covers half the lunar surface.
• He wished he had another DIGIT on his hand to play one more letter for a bingo.
• 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.
• 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.

Synonyms

dactyl, figure, finger, finger's breadth, fingerbreadth, degree, fingersbreadth, inch, place

Related Words

digits