Definition of digit

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Digit (n.) 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..

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Didactylous :: Didactylous (a.) Having only two digits; two-toed.
Digit :: Digit (n.) One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.
Index :: Index (n.) The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger..
Sexdigitist :: Sexdigitist (n.) One who has six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot..
Indigitate :: Indigitate (v. t.) To point out with the finger; to indicate.
Thumb :: Thumb (n.) The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex..
Digit :: Digit (n.) A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch..
Sea Girdles :: Sea girdles () A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft fronds; -- called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle..
Legerdemainist :: Legerdemainist (n.) One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.
Digitiform :: Digitiform (a.) Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root..
Paridigitata :: Paridigitata (n. pl.) Same as Artiodactyla.
Indigitated :: Indigitated (imp. & p. p.) of Indigitat.
Prestidigitator :: Prestidigitator (n.) One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.
Digital :: Digital (a.) Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination..
Tetradactylous :: Tetradactylous (a.) Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand..
Interdigitate :: Interdigitate (v. t.) To interweave.
Digit :: Digit (n.) 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..
Interdigital :: Interdigital (a.) Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space..
Digitation :: Digitation (n.) A division into fingers or fingerlike processes; also, a fingerlike process..
Prepollent :: Prepollent (n.) An extra first digit, or rudiment of a digit, on the preaxial side of the pollex..
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