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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Digitation :: Digitation (n.) A division into fingers or fingerlike processes; also, a fingerlike process..
Digital :: Digital (a.) Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination..
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..
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..
Digitate :: Digitate (a.) Alt. of Digitate.
Didactyl :: Didactyl (n.) An animal having only two digits.
Galapee Tree :: Galapee tree () The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves..
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..
Sex- :: Sex- () A combining form meaning six; as, sexdigitism; sexennial..
Didactylous :: Didactylous (a.) Having only two digits; two-toed.
Multidigitate :: Multidigitate (a.) Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes..
Prestidigital :: Prestidigital (a.) Nimble-fingered; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, or juggling..
Digit :: 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..
Digitalis :: Digitalis (n.) The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc..
Index :: Index (n.) The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger..
Imparidigitate :: Imparidigitate (a.) Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc..
Paridigitata :: Paridigitata (n. pl.) Same as Artiodactyla.
Sexdigitism :: Sexdigitism (n.) The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot..
Indigitated :: Indigitated (imp. & p. p.) of Indigitat.
Pentadactyle :: Pentadactyle (a.) Having five digits to the hand or foot.
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