digit
n.
numeral, figure; finger, toe
Digit
Digit
(v. t.)
To point at or out with the finger.
(n.)
One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; -- a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk.
(n.)
One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.
(n.)
One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; -- so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing.
(n.)
A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
digit
A symbol, numeral, or
graphic character that represents an integer. Note 1: Examples of digits include any one of the decimal characters "0" through "9" and either of the
binary characters "0" or "1." (
188 ) Note 2: In a given numeration
system, the number of allowable different digits, including zero, is always equal to the base (radix).
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