digit
A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
Example
“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.”
Other meanings
A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system.
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.”
Synonyms
- figure
Related words
- binit
- digitiform
- digitless
- digitlike
- hexit
- interdigit
- monodigit
- multidigit
- nepit
- oculodigitoesophagoduodenal
- repdigit
- trit
Word history
From Latin "digitus" (a finger; a number).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “digit” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.