Digit
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:8 pts5 letters
Definition of Digit
Noun
- A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
"The base-10 number 123.4 has four digits: the hundreds digit is 1, the tens digit is 2, the units digit is 3, and the tenths digit is 4."
- A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system.
"Hexadecimal numeration (Base sixteen) includes the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 but also A (=10 decimal), B, C, D, E, and F. Sixteen itself is written as the two-digit number 10."
- ⁄12 the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.
"A six-digit eclipse covers half the lunar surface."
- A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, the English digit of ⁄16 foot, now equivalent to about 1.9 cm.
- Synonym of inch.