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Definition of digit

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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..

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Digitate :: Digitate (v. t.) To point out as with the finger.

Sexdigitism :: Sexdigitism (n.) The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot..

Multidigitate :: Multidigitate (a.) Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes..

Digitigrade :: Digitigrade (a.) Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.

Toe :: Toe (n.) One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal..

Pari- :: Pari- () A combining form signifying equal; as, paridigitate, paripinnate..

Pollex :: Pollex (n.) The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing..

Digitigrade :: Digitigrade (n.) An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot..

Indigitate :: Indigitate (v. t.) To point out with the finger; to indicate.

Phalanx :: Phalanx (n.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode..

Polydactylism :: Polydactylism (n.) The possession of more that the normal number of digits.

Tetradactylous :: Tetradactylous (a.) Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand..

Digitain :: Digitain (n.) A supposedly distinct vegetable principle as the essential ingredient of the extracts. It is a white, crystalline substance, and is regarded as a glucoside..

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..

Digitalis :: Digitalis (n.) A genus of plants including the foxglove.

Interdigitate :: Interdigitate (v. t.) To interweave.

Imparidigitate :: Imparidigitate (a.) Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc..

Foxglove :: Foxglove (n.) Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis..

Indigitated :: Indigitated (imp. & p. p.) of Indigitat.

Indigitate :: Indigitate (v. i.) To communicative ideas by the fingers; to show or compute by the fingers.