digitation
UK/dɪdʒɪˈteɪʃən/
digitation noun: touching; manipulation with the fingers.
Noun
digitation (countable and uncountable, plural digitations)
- Touching; manipulation with the fingers.
- At length, I resorted to the only present remedy, that of vain attempts at digitation, [...] where the pain my fingers gave me in striving for admission, though they procured me a slight satisfaction for the present, started an apprehension, which I could not be easy until I had communicated to...1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Penguin, published 1985, page 64
- Any of various finger-like processes (outgrowths) found in plant and animal tissues.
digitation meaning in Tamil and Bengali
digitation in Tamil
- விரல் உரு, விரல் விரல் போன்ற
digitation in Bengali
- স্পর্শ করা
Forms of digitation
| plural | digitations |
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Origin of digitation
From digitate + -ation.
Words formed from digitation
Questions about digitation
- What does digitation mean?
- Digitation means touching; manipulation with the fingers.
- What is digitation in Tamil?
- Digitation in Tamil is விரல் உரு, விரல் விரல் போன்ற. See Digitation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is digitation?
- Digitation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce digitation?
- Digitation is pronounced /dɪdʒɪˈteɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of digitation?
- The plural of digitation is digitations.
Words near digitation in the dictionary
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