digit
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- noun
- /ˈdɪdʒɪt/
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- The doctor examined the injury to her digit, confirming it was not broken.
- digit middle phalanx
- single-digit
- third digit
If you look at your fingers, you see, look at look at the digit of your middle finger, Danny, you'll start right here.
- If you look at your fingers, you see, look at look at the digit of your middle finger, Danny, you'll start right here.
- And you're not putting that pressure really distally right on that last digit because that's where the, that FDS muscle is most strained.
- The extreme example is that of an amputated digit, meaning one of your fingers or your toes, or of an amputated limb.
- You can't gouge eyes, you can't use small digit manipulation where you break fingers.
- So the first thing that I have to do is get my digits of my body measured.
- And you hear that like this guy is like, Oh, I, I full on put my digits in your daughter's widget.
Examples
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The thumb is regarded as the most important digit of the hand and is responsible for 50% of its workload.
Academic text (2015) -
The extreme example is that of an amputated digit, meaning one of your fingers or your toes, or of an amputated limb.
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Is it is the condition where you have an extra digit on your hand?
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In all cases, the injury was caused by entrapment of the digit in a closing door.
Academic text (2012) -
Each digit of the right hand has been severed between the middle and distal phalanges.
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The surgeon failed to reattach the digits for reasons Aunt Sybil did not question.
Fiction book (2000) -
He lost the tip of his digit while working with power tools.
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The child proudly wiggled her digits as she learned to count on her fingers.
Synonyms
A finger or toe on people and animals used for touching and holding
Compounds
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A digit that shows how exact a number is, from the first non-zero to final zeros that show accuracy
- Specialized
A single sign that shows a value from 0 to 11 in the base twelve number system
- Specialized
Average number of binary digits needed to show one digit in another number system
- Specialized
A single symbol used in computing that shows a value from 0 to 9 or A to F
Surface Forms
Etymology
Digit comes from the Latin digitus, which means 'finger'. So a digit still means a finger or toe.