digit
A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number…A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
» How many digits does that number have?
Wie viele Stellen hat die Ziffer?
Сколько цифр в этом номере?
Скільки цифр у цьому числі?
Meaning
9 sensesA position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
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.
Ziffer, Stelle
ци́фраcífra
ци́фраcýfra
A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system.
Hexadecimal numeration (Base sixteen) includes the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 but also A (=10 decimal), B, C, D, E, and F. Sixteen itself is written as the two-digit number 10.
разрядrazrjad, позицияpozicija, местоmesto
¹⁄₁₂ the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly) as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.
A six-digit eclipse covers half the lunar surface.
(historical)A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, (especially) the English digit of ¹⁄₁₆ foot, now equivalent to about 1.9 cm.
A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
Finger, Zeh
па́лецpálec, перстperst
па́лецьpálecʹ
a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
Synonym of manicule.
(obsolete)Synonym of inch.
(obsolete, rare)Synonym of degree: ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle.
Examples
33 sentencesHow many digits does that number have?
Скільки цифр у цьому числі?
ruСколько цифр в этом номере?
deWie viele Stellen hat die Ziffer?
There was a three-digit number written on each box.
It's a three-digit number.
ruЭто трёхзначное число.
deEs ist eine dreistellige Nummer.
How many digits does pi have?
Скільки цифр має число Пі?
deWie viele Stellen hat die Zahl Pi?
A number is an amount, and a digit is a symbol.
Число — це кількість, а цифра — символ.
ruЧисло - это количество, а цифра - это символ.
deEine Zahl ist eine Menge, und eine Ziffer ist ein Symbol.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
Inherited from Middle English digit, borrowed from Latin digitus. Doublet of digitus and dInherited from Middle English digit, borrowed from Latin digitus. Doublet of digitus and dedo.
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Forms
plural: digitsSynonyms
10 synonyms- a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates:dactyl
- one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration:figure
- the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure:fingerfingerbreadthfinger's breadth