significant figure
A digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurementA digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement; that is, excluding any leading zeroes, trailing rounding or placeholder zeroes, and non-zero digits not warranted by the accuracy of a derivation or measurement.
» Round to three significant figures.
Runde auf drei signifikante Stellen.
Meaning
2 sensesA digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement; that is, excluding any leading zeroes, trailing rounding or placeholder zeroes, and non-zero digits not warranted by the accuracy of a derivation or measurement.
signifikante Stelle
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see significant, figure.
- any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value)
Examples
1 sentencesRound to three significant figures.
deRunde auf drei signifikante Stellen.
Translations
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Forms
plural: significant figures| Singular | significant figure |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value):significant digit