digital

UK: /ˈdɪdʒɪt^əl/ US: /ˈdɪdʒɪtəl/ ,(dij′i tl)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

dig•it•al /ˈdɪdʒɪtəl/   adj. 

1. of, relating to, or resembling a digit or finger.
2. performed or manipulated with a finger:
   a digital switch.
3. Computing of, relating to, or using data in the form of numerical digits:
   a digital recording.
4. Weights and Measures displaying a readout in numerical digits:
   a digital clock.
   Compare analog.

dig•it•al•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

dig•it•al  (dij′i tl), adj. 

1. of or pertaining to a digit or finger.
2. resembling a digit or finger.
3. manipulated with a finger or the fingertips:
   a digital switch.
4. Weights and Measures displaying a readout in digital form:
   a digital speedometer.
5. having digits or digitlike parts.
6. Computing of, pertaining to, or using data in the form of numerical digits.
7. Computing involving or using numerical digits expressed in a scale of notation to represent discretely all variables occurring in a problem.
8. Mathematics of, pertaining to, or using numerical calculations.
9. available in electronic form;
   readable and manipulable by computer.

n. 

10. Computing, Music and Dance one of the keys or finger levers of keyboard instruments.

• Latin digitālis, equivalent. to digit(us) (see digit) + -ālis -al¹
• late Middle English 1400–50

dig′it•al•ly, adv. 

digital, +adj. 

1. available in electronic form;
   readable and manipulable by computer.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

digital / ˈdɪdʒɪt^əl/ adjective

1. of, relating to, resembling, or possessing a digit or digits
2. performed with the fingers
3. representing data as a series of numerical values
4. displaying information as numbers rather than by a pointer moving over a dial
5. performed using electronic devices such as computers and mobile phones
6. a less common word for digitate

noun

1. one of the keys on the manuals of an organ or on a piano, harpsichord, etc

ˈdigitally adverb