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digitA single character in a numbering system. In decimal, digits are 0 through 9. In binary, digits are 0 and 1. digit 1. a finger or toe 2. any of the ten Arabic numerals from 0 to 9 3. another name for finger 4. Astronomy one twelfth of the diameter of the sun or moon, used to express the magnitude of an eclipse digit [′dij·ət] (computer science) In a decimal digital computer, the space reserved for storage of one digit of information. (mathematics) A character used to represent one of the nonnegative integers smaller than the base of a system of positional notation. Also known as numeric character.
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For instance, rudimentary mammae are very general in the males of mammals: I presume that the 'bastard-wing' in birds may be safely considered as a digit in a rudimentary state: in very many snakes one lobe of the lungs is rudimentary; in other snakes there are rudiments of the pelvis and hind limbs. He held his own hand out and counted his digits slowly, "One, two, three, four, five--eigh? No two people born into the world probably have ever had identical lines upon all their digits. |
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