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From Middle English digit, from Latin digitus (“a finger; a number”). Doublet of digitus and dedo.

The Egyptian hieroglyph for "digit" (ḏbꜥ, D50).

digit (plural digits)

  1. (mathematics) A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
    Synonyms: place; figure (informal, usually in discussion of money)
    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.
    • 2017 October, “DIGITAL MULTIMETER M-1000E”, in Elenco‎[1], page 4:
      This meter is a 3½ digit digital multimeter that is rugged, reliable and convenient to use, while providing all of the accuracy and features needed for any application.
  2. (mathematics) 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.
  3. (units of measure, astronomy) 1⁄12 the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly) as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.
    Synonym: finger (obsolete)
    A six-digit eclipse covers half the lunar surface.
  4. (historical units of measure) 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.
    Synonyms: finger, fingerbreadth, fingersbreadth
  5. (units of measure, obsolete) Synonym of inch.
  6. (anatomy) A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
    Hyponyms: finger, thumb, toe
    • 2018, Shiv Kotecha, The Switch, United States: Wonder, →ISBN, page 144:
      Jai grabbed Andrew’s shoulders with the same three digits he had used to grab the ancient doubter’s skull and spun him around.
  7. (zoology) Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
    • 1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:
      The ruminants have the cloven foot, i.e. two hoofed digits on each foot.
  8. (geometry, rare, obsolete) Synonym of degree: 1⁄360 of a circle.
  9. Synonym of manicule.

numeral

unit of length

finger or toe

digit (third-person singular simple present digits, present participle digiting, simple past and past participle digited)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To point at or point out with the finger.

From English digit, from digitus.

digit m (plural digits)

  1. digit (number from 0-9)

Borrowed from Latin digitus.

digit (plural digitys)

  1. digit (Arabic numeral)

Borrowed from English digit, from Latin digitus (“a fingerbreadth; a number”). Doublet of deget.

digit m (plural digiți)

  1. digit