digit
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• noun
Any of the ten Arabic numerals from 0 to 9, or any single symbol used to represent a number in a positional numeral system.
"Please enter the last four digits of your phone number to verify your account."
A finger, thumb, or toe of a human or other vertebrate.
"Most terrestrial vertebrates evolved from ancestors that possessed five digits on each limb."
A historical unit of linear measurement equal to the breadth of a human finger, standardized at approximately three-quarters of an inch (1.9 cm).
"Ancient builders often measured small architectural details in palms and digits."
Word Nuance & Usage
In mathematics, a 'digit' refers to a single numerical symbol (0–9) used to write numbers, whereas a 'number' is the mathematical value represented by one or more digits (for example, the number 42 consists of two digits).
• Rhymes for digit
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Latin digitus ('finger, toe'), which came to signify any single numeral under ten because people traditionally counted on their ten fingers.