digit

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A womans hand with a red ribbon tied around one digit.

noun

The definition of a digit is a number from 0 to 9, or a finger or toe.

An example of a digit is the number 5.
An example of a digit is a pinky finger.

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digit

a finger or toe
a unit of linear measure equal to inch, based on the breadth of a finger
any numeral from 0 to 9: so called because originally counted on the fingers

Origin of digit

Middle English from Classical Latin digitus, a finger, toe, inch from Indo-European base an unverified form deik-, to show, point from source Classical Latin dicere, to say: see diction

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digit

noun

a. A human finger or toe.
b. A corresponding part in other vertebrates.
A unit of length derived from the breadth of a finger and equal to about ³₄ of an inch (2.0 centimeters).
a. One of the ten Arabic number symbols, 0 through 9.
b. Such a symbol used in a system of numeration.
digits Slang A telephone number: She gave me her digits, and I put them in my cell phone.

Origin of digit

Middle English from Latin digitus finger, toe ; see deik- in Indo-European roots.

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Anatomy A jointed body part at the end of the limbs of many vertebrates. The limbs of primates end in five digits, while the limbs of horses end in a single digit that terminates in a hoof. The fingers and toes are digits in humans.
Mathematics One of the ten Arabic numerals, 0 through 9.

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Noun

(plural digits)

A finger or toe.
A numeral that can be combined with others to write larger numbers, and that cannot itself be split into other numerals.
The digits of the decimal number system are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, and those in the hexadecimal number system are those in the decimal system along with A, B, C, D, E and F.
The number 2307 has four digits: the thousands digit is 2; the hundreds digit is 3; the tens digit is 0; and the units digit is 7.
(slang, UK, in the plural) One's phone number.
That girl likes me — she gave me her digits.
(archaic) A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three quarters of an inch.
(astronomy) A twelfth of the diameter of the Sun or Moon; used to express the quantity of an eclipse.
An eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present digits, present participle digiting, simple past and past participle digited)

To point at or point out with the finger.

Origin

From Latin digitus (“a finger or toe”).

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digit - Computer Definition

From Latin digitus, translating as finger or toe. Any of the Arabic numerals 1

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A single character in a numbering system. In decimal, digits are 0 through 9. In binary, digits are 0 and 1. See binary.

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digit - Medical Definition

n.

A human finger or toe.
A corresponding part in other vertebrates.

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