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
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.
• nondigital
• undigital
• (representing discrete values): analog, analogue, continuous
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
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
