digit
n.
numeral, figure; finger, toe
Digit
Digit
Digit /dig·it/ a finger or toe. dig·it n. A finger or toe; dactyl. Digit A finger or a toe. Mentioned in: Polydactyly and Syndactyly digit, n 1. [
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digit
Noun
1. one of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers; "0 and 1 are digits"
(synonym) figure
(hypernym) integer, whole number
(hyponym) binary digit
(derivation) digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
2. the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
(synonym) finger, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth
(hypernym) linear unit
3. a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding part in other vertebrates
(synonym) dactyl
(hypernym) extremity, appendage, member
(hyponym) finger
(part-holonym) vertebrate, craniate
(part-meronym) phalanx
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.
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