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dig·it
 digit
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- pronunciation:
- dI
jiht
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A digit is a finger or a toe.
The index finger is the digit that most people use for pointing. |
| definition 2: |
A digit is any of the numbers from zero through nine. These digits--0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9--are also used when we write bigger numbers. For example, the number 125 uses three digits. It uses the digits 1, 2, and 5. We call a number like 125 a "three-digit number."
Do you know how many digits there are in the number one million? We write "one million" with one number 1 and six zeros--1,000,000--so altogether there are seven digits. |
| related words: |
figure, number, numeral |
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