Definition of significant digit Significant digit
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What does significant digit mean?
WordNet
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| significant digit - 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" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- significant digit (Noun)
A digit that is nonzero, or when it is zero, it is followed only by zero digits. Used in rounding.
