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DIGITAL
digital
(adjective) of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits; “digital computer”
digital
(adjective) relating to or performed with the fingers; “digital examination”
digital
(adjective) displaying numbers rather than scale positions; “digital clock”; “digital readout”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
digital (not comparable)
Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.
Property of representing values as discrete, usually binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.
Antonyms
• nondigital
• undigital
• (representing discrete values): analog, analogue, continuous
Noun
digital (countable and uncountable, plural digitals)
(finance) A digital option.
(uncountable) Digital equipment or technology.
(informal, uncountable) Short for digital art.
Coordinate term: traditional
(music) Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.
(colloquial, humorous) A finger.
Source: Wiktionary
Dig"i*tal, a. Etym: [L. digitals.]
Definition: Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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