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significant digits

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The digits in a number that have actual value. For example, in the number 00005208, the 5-2-0-8 are the significant digits.
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Approximate quantiles to three significant digits are also given for [square root of [lambda]] = 8.
A survey of tables of probability distributions by Olkin, Ingram / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
The number in the formula that specifies the pattern for each mirror's curvature has nine significant digits, Westphal says, and this raises the possibility that the mistake resulted from something as small as a typographical error.
Mirror defect blurs Hubble's vision by Eberhart, Jonathan / Science News
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