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sig. fig.

/sɪɡ fɪɡ/

sig. fig. is the abbreviation of significant figure.

Meaning of significant figure

Noun

significant figure (plural significant figures)

  1. A digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement; that is, excluding any leading zeroes, trailing rounding or placeholder zeroes, and non-zero digits not warranted by the accuracy of a derivation or measurement.
    • The speed was calculated by dividing 2314 metres by 71 seconds and reported as 32.5915 m/s, but since both the distance and time were measured only to the nearest whole number, there were actually only two significant figures in this result, i.e. 32.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see significant, figure.

Forms of sig. fig.

pluralsig. figs.
alternative formsig fig
alternative forms. f.
alternative formsf

Questions about sig. fig.

What is sig. fig. the abbreviation of?
Sig. fig. is the abbreviation of significant figure.
How do you pronounce sig. fig.?
Sig. fig. is pronounced /sɪɡ fɪɡ/.

Words near sig. fig. in the dictionary

  1. sig
  2. sig fig
  3. sig figs
  4. sig tune
  5. sig tunes
  6. sig. fig.
  7. sig. figs.
  8. Siga
  9. Sigah
  10. Sigal
  11. Sigala

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sig. fig. (page history and authors); significant figure (page history and authors). 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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