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Digit

Noun

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1.NounA 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."
2.NounA 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."
3.Noun⁄12 the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.
"A six-digit eclipse covers half the lunar surface."
4.NounA unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, the English digit of ⁄16 foot, now equivalent to about 1.9 cm.
5.NounSynonym of inch.
6.NounA narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
7.NounSimilar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
8.NounSynonym of degree: ⁄360 of a circle.
9.NounSynonym of manicule.
10.VerbTo point at or point out with the finger.
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