digit

digit
digit late 14c., "numeral below 10," from L. digitus "finger or toe" (also with secondary meanings dealing in counting and numerals), related to dicere "tell, say, point out" (see DICTION (Cf. diction)). Numerical sense is because numerals under 10 were counted on fingers. The "finger or toe" sense in English is attested from 1640s.

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  • digit — digit …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • DIGIT — DIGI Terme utilisé en informatique pour désigner une unité de mémorisation correspondant à un chiffre exprimé dans un système de numération quelconque. Par exemple, dans le système décimal, un digit est l’un quelconque des chiffres de 0 à 9; dans …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • digit — di‧git [ˈdɪdʒt] noun [countable] one of the written signs that represent the numbers 0 to 9: • Binary code uses the digits 1 and 0. see also double digit ˈcheck ˌdigit COMPUTING a number or series of numbers added to the end of a code (= set of… …   Financial and business terms

  • Digit — may refer to: Digit (anatomy), one of several most distal parts of a limb fingers, thumbs, and toes on hands and feet Numerical digit, as used in mathematics or computer science Hexadecimal, representing a four bit number Dit or digit, synonym of …   Wikipedia

  • digit — DÍGIT, digiţi, s.m. (inform., electron.) Cifră. – Din engl. digit. Trimis de claudia, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  dígit s. m., pl. dígiţi Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  DIGIT …   Dicționar Român

  • digit — [n1] number Arabic, chiffer, cipher, figure, integer, notation, numeral, symbol, whole number; concepts 765,784 digit [n2] small appendage of animate being claw, extremity, fang, feeler, finger, fork, hook, index finger, phalange, pinkie, pointer …   New thesaurus

  • digit — dig it, v. t. To point at or out with the finger. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • digit — dig it (d[i^]j [i^]t), n. [L. digitus finger; prob. akin to Gr. da ktylos, of uncertain origin; possibly akin to E. toe. Cf. {Dactyl}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe. [1913 Webster] The ruminants …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • digit — n *number, numeral, figure, integer dignify, ennoble, honor, glorify mean to invest a person or thing with something that elevates or uplifts his or its character or raises him or it in human estimation. Dignify distinctively implies the addition …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • digit — ► NOUN 1) any of the numerals from 0 to 9, especially when forming part of a number. 2) a finger or thumb. ORIGIN Latin digitus finger, toe ; sense 1 arose from the practice of counting on the fingers …   English terms dictionary

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