digits
plural of digit
digits pl (plural only)
(US slang) A telephone number.
Source: Wiktionary
Dig"it, n. Etym: [L. digitus finger; prob. akin to Gr. toe. Cf. Dactyl.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe. The ruminants have the "cloven foot," i. e., two hoofed digits on each foot. Owen.
2. A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch.
3. (Math.)
Definition: 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.
Note: By some authorities the symbol 0 is not included with the digits.
4. (Anat.)
Definition: 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.
Dig"it, v. t.
Definition: To point at or out with the finger. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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