digit
English
/ˈdɪdʒɪt/
noun
Definitions
- (mathematics) The whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic numerals representing them, which are combined to represent base-ten numbers.
- (mathematics) A distinct symbol representing one of an arithmetic progression of numbers between 0 and the radix.
- (units of measure) the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly) as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.
- (historical) A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, (especially) the English digit of foot (about 1.9cm).
- (units of measure) .
- (anatomy) A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
- (zoology) Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
- (geometry) : of a circle.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English digit derived from Latin digitus (finger, toe, digit, a fingerbreadth, a number).
Origin
Latin
digitus
Gloss
finger, toe, digit, a fingerbreadth, a number
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
指
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- digitiform English
- digitizability English
- digitizable English
- digitization English
- digitize English
- digitizer English
- digitlike English
- digitus English
- dital English
- duodenal English
- interdigit English
- monodigit English
- multidigit English
- oculodigitoesophagoduodenal English
- prestidigitation English
- digitalis Latin
- digitatus Latin
- digitifer Latin
- digito Latin
- digitus Latin
- dito Italian
- digitigrade French
- prestidigitateur French
- dígito Spanish, Castilian
- *deyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *diǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- dígito Portuguese
- digit Middle English
- doit Old French
- dit Catalan, Valencian
- deget Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dedo Old Portuguese
- dzeadzit Aromanian
- det Occitan
- dit Occitan
- det Romansh
- deu Asturian
- dêt Friulian
- dedo Old Spanish
- jiritu Sicilian
- det Venetian
- déo Venetian
- dîo Ligurian
- detco Dalmatian
- doigt Bourguignon
- dido Aragonese
- digito Interlingua