digit
/ˈdɪd͡ʒɪt/
digit noun: a position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
Noun
digit (plural digits)
- 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.
- This meter is a 3½ digit digital multimeter that is rugged, reliable and convenient to use, while providing all of the accuracy and features needed for any application.2017 October, “DIGITAL MULTIMETER M-1000E”, in Elenco, page 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.
- Synonyms:
- finger
- 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
- Synonym of inch.
- Synonyms:
- inch
- A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
- Jai grabbed Andrew’s shoulders with the same three digits he had used to grab the ancient doubter’s skull and spun him around.2018, Shiv Kotecha, The Switch, United States: Wonder, →ISBN, page 144
- Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
- The ruminants have the cloven foot, i.e. two hoofed digits on each foot.1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates
- Synonym of degree: ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle.
- Synonyms:
- degree
- Synonym of manicule.
- Synonyms:
- manicule
Verb
digit (third-person singular simple present digits, present participle digiting, simple past and past participle digited)
digit meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
digit in Tamil
- finger or toe
- விரல் viral
digit in Marathi
- digit
- अंक aṅka, आकडा ākḍā
digit in Urdu
- a digit
- ہندسہ hindisa
digit in Bengali
- finger or toe
- আঙুল aṅul, হাতের আঙুল hater aṅul, পায়ের আঙুল paẏer aṅul
More languagesFewer languages
- digit in Telugu
- అంకె aṅke
- digit in Malayalam
- അക്കം akkaṁ
- digit in Kannada
- ಬೆರಳು, ಅಂಕೆ, ಎಣಿಗೆ, ಸಂಖ್ಯಾಸ್ಥಾನ
- digit in Punjabi
- انگل aṉguḷ, ਅੰਕੜਾ aṅkaṛā, ਅੰਕ aṅka, ਉਂਗਲ uṅgal
- digit in Gujarati
- આંક ā̃ka
- digit in Odia
- ଡିଜିଟ
- digit in Sanskrit
- अङ्गुली aṅgulī, अङ्गुरि aṅguri
- digit in Tagalog
- tambilang
- digit in Arabic
- رَقْم raqm, إِصْبَع ʔiṣbaʕ
- digit in Malay
- jari
- digit in Indonesian
- digit, angka, jari
- digit in Persian
- رقم raqam
- digit in Thai
- เลข lêek, นิ้ว níu
- digit in Vietnamese
- chữ số, ngón
- digit in Myanmar
- ဂဏန်း ga.nan:, လက်ချောင်း lakhkyaung:
Examples of digit in a sentence
- Sure she seemed interested — but did you get those digits though?
- To find the first digit in a positive number, stringify it and take the first character.
- The last digit of the barcode is a check digit, calculated from the others.
Synonyms of digit
Forms of digit
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | digits |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | digits |
| present participle | digiting |
| past participle | digited |
| past | digited |
Origin of digit
Inherited from Middle English digit, borrowed from Latin digitus. Doublet of digitus and dedo.
Words formed from digit
- binary digit
- binit
- check digit
- digital
- digit counter
- digit I
- digitiform
- digit IV
- digitize
- digitless
- digitlike
- digit number
- digit pulse
- digit sum
- digit trunk
- double-digit
- double digits
- first digit
- fourth digit
- hexit
- index digit
- interdigit
- lung-digit syndrome
- monodigit
- multidigit
- nepit
- oculodigitoesophagoduodenal
- repdigit
- significant digit
- single-digit salute
- trit
Phrases with digit
Words that rhyme with digit
Questions about digit
- What does digit mean?
- Digit means a position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
- What is digit in Tamil?
- Digit in Tamil is விரல் (viral). See Digit meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is digit?
- Digit can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce digit?
- Digit is pronounced /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪt/.
- What is the plural of digit?
- The plural of digit is digits.
Words near digit in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: digit (page history and authors); अंक (Marathi) (page history and authors); ہندسہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); digit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); انگل (Punjabi) (page history and authors); આંક (Gujarati) (page history and authors); digit (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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