a finger or toe - Also called: figure
any of the ten Arabic numerals from 0 to 9 - another name for
finger 4
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dig•it /ˈdɪdʒɪt/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Mathematicsany of the Arabic numerals of 1 through 9 and 0.
- Computing, Mathematicsany symbol of other number systems, as 0 or 1 in the binary:There are only two digits in the binary system, 0 and 1.
- a finger or toe:He lost a digit in the war.
dig•it
(dij′it),USA pronunciation n.
- a finger or toe.
- Weights and Measuresthe breadth of a finger used as a unit of linear measure, usually equal to ¾ in. (2 cm).
- Mathematicsany of the Arabic figures of 1 through 9 and 0.
- Computing, Mathematicsany of the symbols of other number systems, as 0 or 1 in the binary.
- index (def. 6).
- Astronomythe twelfth part of the sun's or moon's diameter: used to express the magnitude of an eclipse.
- Latin digitus finger, toe
- Middle English 1350–1400
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'digit' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
900 number
- LSD
- MSD
- RDD
- Social Insurance Number
- abacus
- accurate
- alula
- amputate
- area code
- artiodactyl
- base
- big toe
- binary cell
- binary digit
- binary-coded decimal system
- bit
- check bit
- cinquedea
- claw
- decade
- decimal place
- dewclaw
- dial
- digital
- digitate
- digitize
- double-digit
- double-figure
- eight-hundred number
- figure
- finger
- fixed-point representation
- hallux
- horse
- hundred
- hundredth
- interdigitate
- inversion
- least significant digit
- little toe
- monodactylous
- most significant digit
- nought
- number
- octal notation
- perissodactyl
- place
- pollex
- positional notation