Definition of digits in English

Wiktionary

digits (Noun)
Plural of digit.

Part of speech

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digits, noun, plural of digit.

WordNet

Noun Plural: digits
digit - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
		figure
		integer, whole number any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"
		binary digit either 0 or 1 in binary notation
		octal digit a digit from 0 to 7 in octal notation
		decimal digit a digit from 0 to 9 in decimal notation
		duodecimal digit a digit from 0 to 11 in duodecimal notation
		hexadecimal digit a digit from 0 to 15 in hexadecimal notation
		significant digit, 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); "he calculated the answer to four significant figures"
		nought, zero, cipher, cypher the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing
		1, one, single, i, unity, ace a single person or thing; "he is the best one"; "this is the one I ordered"
		2, ii, two, deuce the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
		3, deuce-ace, iii, trine, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, trey, threesome, three, tierce, leash, trinity, triplet, troika, triad, trio one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
		4, quaternity, quaternion, quatern, tetrad, little joe, iv, quaternary, foursome, four, quadruplet, quartet last 2 million years
		5, pentad, little phoebe, cinque, fivesome, quint, five, phoebe, quintuplet, v, quintet, fin the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
		6, captain hicks, half a dozen, hexad, sixer, sextuplet, sise, six, vi, sestet, sextet the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
		7, heptad, septenary, sevener, vii, seven, septet the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
		8, eighter, eighter from decatur, octad, octonary, ogdoad, viii, eight, octet the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
digit - a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
		dactyl
		appendage, extremity, member a part that is joined to something larger
		craniate, vertebrate animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
		phalanx any of the bones of the fingers or toes
		minimus the fifth digit; the little finger or little toe
		finger one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb
		toe the part of footwear that provides a covering for the toes
digit - the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
		finger, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth

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Wiktionary

digit (Noun)
A finger or toe.
digit (Noun)
A numeral that can be combined with others to write larger numbers, and that cannot itself be split into other numerals.
digit (Noun)
One's phone number .
digit (Verb)
To point at or point out with the finger.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

digit (n.)
One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.
digit (n.)
A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch.
digit (n.)
One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; -- so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing.
digit (n.)
One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; -- a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk.
digit (v. t.)
To point at or out with the finger.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

digit
(arithmetic) A numeral that can be combined with others to write larger numbers, and that cannot itself be split into other numerals.
digit
One of the five extremities that can be found on a hand or a foot.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

digit
dij′it, n. a finger's breadth or ¾ inch: from the habit of counting on the fingers, any one of the nine numbers: the twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon.—adj. Dig′ital, pertaining to the fingers.—n. finger: a key of a piano, &c.—ns. Digitā′lia, Dig′italine, Dig′italin, the active principles of digitalis; Digitā′lis, a genus of plants, including the foxglove; Digitā′ria, a genus of grasses with digitate spikes.—adjs. Digitate, -d, consisting of several finger-like sections.—adv. Dig′itately.—n. Digitā′tion, finger-like arrangement: a finger-like process.—adj. Digit′iform, formed like fingers; Dig′itigrade, walking on the toes.—n. an animal that walks on its toes, as the lion—opp. to Plantigrade.—ns. Dig′itigradism; Digitō′rium, a small portable instrument used for making the fingers flexible for piano-playing. [L. digitus, a finger or toe, akin to Gr. daktylos.]