Definition of digit

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of digit is as below...

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..

Lern More About Digit

Prestigiator :: Prestigiator (n.) A juggler; prestidigitator.
Interdigitation :: Interdigitation (n.) The state of interdigitating; interdigital space.
Digit :: Digit (v. t.) To point at or out with the finger.
Interdigitate :: Interdigitate (v. i.) To interlock, as the fingers of two hands that are joined; to be interwoven; to commingle..
Pari- :: Pari- () A combining form signifying equal; as, paridigitate, paripinnate..
Fingered :: Fingered (a.) Having leaflets like fingers; digitate.
Helleborein :: Helleborein (n.) A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action on the heart, resembling digitalin..
Digitate :: Digitate (a.) Alt. of Digitate.
Artiodactyla :: Artiodactyla (n. pl.) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla..
Sexdigitism :: Sexdigitism (n.) The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot..
Baobab :: Baobab (n.) A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also naturalized in India. See Adansonia..
Toe :: Toe (n.) One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal..
Adansonia :: Adansonia (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth..
Prestidigitation :: Prestidigitation (n.) Legerdemain; sleight of hand; juggling.
Polydactylism :: Polydactylism (n.) The possession of more that the normal number of digits.
Indigitate :: Indigitate (v. i.) To communicative ideas by the fingers; to show or compute by the fingers.
Digitigrade :: Digitigrade (a.) Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.
Digit :: 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..
Bear''s-foot :: Bear's-foot (n.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic..
Digit :: Digit (n.) A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us