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 [ˈdɪdʒt] 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